Welcome to the blog of Pastor Alton Stone, from Simpsonville, SC. Pastor Stone is a retired Ordained Bishop of The Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee with over 45 years of pastoral ministry.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Happy, Happy, Happy

Nobody is happy all of the time.  It’s perfectly normal to experience considerable fluctuations in your level of happiness from day to day, month to month, and even year to year.

According to a scientific survey overall levels of happiness decline from one’s teens until one’s 40s and then pick up again until they peak in one’s early 70s.  So the chances are that your happiest days are yet to come.  Hopefully that gives you something to smile about.

So...

-Don't dwell on things that happened in the past.

-Don't obsess yourself with all the things that might happen in the future.

-Don't complain about problems instead of taking the necessary steps to resolve them.

-Don't fear change and resist it.

-Don't work hard, do your best and then condemn yourself for not achieving perfection.

-Don't belittle yourself.

-Don't hang out with other people who belittle you.

-Don't try to control everything and then worry about the things you can’t control.

-Don't lie to yourself and those around you.

-Don't keep doing the same thing over and over again.

So smile. Today might just be a good day.




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