If you want to be happy in life, you have to be happy with who you are; whether you want to or not. You have to live with YOU everyday, so you might as well learn how to get along.
People often ask me, how are you so happy all the time? The answer is pretty simple, I’m happy with who I am as a person. But that wasn’t always the case.
When I started on this journey—on how to be happy in life—happiness was not really what I was looking for. What I wanted was peace of mind and a reason to live. My journey began out of desperation.
The concept of happiness wasn’t even on the radar; I just wanted a reason to get up each morning. I know that sounds depressing because it was. Being happy in life seemed impossible because of all the things I had either done, or failed to do in my past.
As most great mothers do, my mother had always instilled in me the idea that I was great. That I could achieve anything I set my mind to. She would say, “Shoot for the moon son, the worst that can happen is you miss and land amongst the stars.”