Where is Happiness?

When I allow my happiness and sense of well-being to be determined by other people and outside things or situations,  then it seems to slip away and I feel like a yo yo being jerked around by life. However, when my happiness is defined by my own inner sense of worth and value it is much harder to lose.  Finding my worth and value has been a challenge and I needed help to see myself as a person who deserved happiness since I grew up with so many unhappy people around me who didn’t show me that my feelings and needs mattered.   

 

Today, I know that I am ultimately responsible for my own life satisfaction.  I will pay attention to what matters to me, speak up for myself when necessary, examine when change is needed and affirm over and over a belief in my worth and value.  I will reach out for support from people who believe in me and encourage me to be accountable rather than depending on others who try to fix me to reinforce their own ego needs.  I can be my own best friend.