Blog by: Lata Advani Viseu

“People askin’ questions
Lost in confusion
Well, I tell them there’s no problem
Only solutions

Well, they shake their heads
And they look at me as if I’ve lost my mind
I tell them there’s no hurry
I’m just sittin’ here doin’ time
I’m just sittin’ here watchin’ the wheels go round and round”
Watching The Wheels – John Lennon

As the years go by it feels like we are watching the wheels go round and round, year after year. Seasons change, another candle on the birthday cake, a child is born, and someone dies. The cycle of life carries on.

Some go through the motions of living while others search for meaning. Some live in the past, while others worry about the future. Happy are those that can live in the present.

Life can be so simple, yet we complicate it so much. My take on how to live a simple joyful life:

1. Be grateful for everything, whether good or bad. Some were just lessons you had to learn. 

2. Smile – it can literally change how you feel and how you make others feel. 

3. Spend time with people that are optimistic and happy, those are the people that are happy wherever they go, they never complain.  

4. See the good in people. What you see in others is the energy you will attract into your life. 

5. Create daily habits. You make your habits and then your habits make you. There are no shortcuts to living the life you want. 

6. Make a bucket list of things you want to experience or do. 

7. Let go of attachments, one of the hardest things to do. 

8. Travel and experience life instead of accumulating material possessions. 

9. Have fun, do things you enjoy. Life is meant to be lived joyfully. Listen to music and dance or do whatever it is that makes you happy. 

10. If you are starting out now, find a career that is meaningful to you. You will be doing it for a long time. 

11. Let go of any guilt or shame that you are carrying. Forgive yourself because if you knew then what you know now, you would not have done what you did to cause that guilt. 

12. What other people think of you, is none of your business. They only see you from their own perspective. 

13. Let go of things you cannot control and focus on the things you can control. 

14. Stop blaming people or situations and stop playing the victim. Nobody owes you anything. 

15. I believe any emotion that we feel, affects every cell in our body. To be physically, mentally, emotionally healthy we need to take care of our thoughts and our beliefs. 

The list could go on and on but you already know what you need to do to live your best life.

“Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, how you leave others feeling after having an experience with you becomes your trademark.” Jay Danzie

“Smile from your heart; nothing is more beautiful than a woman (person) who is happy to be herself.”– Kubra Sait

“When you smile at a stranger, there is already a minute outflow of energy. You become a giver.” — Eckhart Tolle

¨It seems to me that what we call beauty in a face lies in the smile.¨- Leo Tolstoy

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