laugh

A good belly laugh should be a daily activity! 

I am serious.

If it isn't - you need to change that! 

All day long I am surrounded by fits of uncontrollable laughter - I am lucky enough to work with my husband and one of my very best girlfriends, in an environment that encourages smiles and laughter! There are many days that I should have just skipped the make-up because by 10am the tears of laughter have washed it all away!

I do know that this is not the "norm" for the majority and I do know how lucky I am! 

It isn't all luck though...I made it happen! One day a few years ago I realized that I could actually choose who I spend my time with! Sounds simple enough....but it didn't seem so for me. Once I made that decision and committed to spending as much time being happy, and being surrounded by happiness it became so easy....so simple! Things started to happen!! 

I wasn't happy in my work environment at the time - a job presented it self before I even had the chance to go looking! 

I wasn't happy in my neighborhood - so we started to do something about it and found a new place to live! 

It is easy enough to stay in an ok state of mind but it is much more enjoyable to be in a fabulous state of mind! Now, you can't be in that place all day everyday, but you can do your best to be there as much as possible! 

Stop saying yes to those things you think you "have" to do, stop associating with those people who you feel "obligated" to see rather than actually wanting to see. 

Start some healthy habits! Exercise is a great habit to form! Positive thinking is a good one too! Take up a new hobby....a craft maybe.  

Go back to school, enroll in a class you have always wanted to take. Start saying yes more often to new things! 

Step out of your comfort zone and do something different! Start making a conscious effort to be happy. Stop focusing on negative things or people. Stop doing things you dread....I mean really if you are hating every minute of something - it shows!

So GO! 

Get out there .........

and start filling your days with more laughter!