What is Happiness?

What is Happiness?

1-8-16

Friday

A Day to be Happy

What is Happiness?

It’s a state of well being

A state of contentment

It doesn’t come and go

It tends to last

Happiness

It’s a state of joy

A pleasurable state

A glad feeling

A happy life

Your happiness

Now that’s something else

For each human being

It’s a unique feeling of its own

Your happiness is only yours

You create your happiness

Each of us designs our own

Yours will be special

It will only be yours

And mine will be mine

Your happiness

It’s up to you

Think about it

You will make it beautiful

Dr. Tony

I Want to be Happy

I Want to be Happy

1-7-16

Thursday

Caring for Self Day

I want to be happy

Doesn’t everybody?

Then why aren’t we all happy

If everyone wants it?

It must be hard to be happy

Is that because we make it hard?

Or because we don’t try hard enough?

Why?

I want to be happy

Maybe most people are happy to some degree

So maybe all of us can be happier

To a higher degree

Maybe happiness is a process

I can be happier

What can I do to make myself happier?

It may be worthwhile to find the answer

Maybe happiness is my decision

It may be up to me entirely

To make that decision

To create a better and happier life

Let’s do it

Let’s make our lives happier

One little step at a time

It’s up to us

And I guess it’s up to me

To write about it

I will!

Dr. Tony

One Little Step

One Little  step

1-6-16

Wednesday

The One-Step approach to Happiness

As I promised yesterday

I am reposting a blog from

6-9-15

It’s called

One Little Step

The one-step approach

Yesterday we applied it to you

Today we apply it to your children

And all the children of the world

Be gentle, kind and understanding

Don’t ask for too much

Just one little step

It’s the one-step approach

Don’t ask for more than that from your child

Or anyone

Not even from yourself

That’s all we can do

Just one little step

But do it well

And when you or he or she does it

It will feel good

Don’t push to do anything huge

It can’t usually be done

And then it will be a problem

That you created

And that’s not good

Be “good”, be nice, and be loving

It only takes little steps

For great accomplishments to happen

Don’t promise big things

Let them happen one little step at a time

Stay focused on today

And the beauty of it all will appear

Dr. Tony

With kindness, love and understanding

A gift to you

And your gift to the world

The Requirement for Being Happier

The Requirement for being Happier

1-5-16

Tuesday

Another Happiness Day

Credit: Scenescapery

The requirement for being happier involves

Changing  your thinking

Your happiness at this moment

Is the result of your past thinking

In order to be happier now

Change your thinking

Do you want to be happier?

Then change your thinking

Start small

You can’t just go from sad to happy

But you can start small

Very small

Start with a small change in your thinking:

I will think a positive thought

I will say something nice to someone

I will smile at someone

Just a small change

Take the first little step

Tomorrow

We will post a popular blog from 6-9-15

It’s entitled

“One little step”

It’s the one-step approach

Let’s do it!

Dr. Tony

Bruder Counseling Center

Let's Be Happy

Let’s be Happy

1-4-16

Monday

Love Day

Let’s be happy

I’m going to assume

That most of us are happy to some degree

But could be happier

That’s probably true

Today is “love day”

Let’s think today about loving ourselves more

By becoming happier

This could be the start of our happiness journey

It’s a good start if that’s what we want

Let’s be happier

I like that thought so much so

That I, Dr.Tony, want to join you

On this happiness journey

I truly could be happier

Let’s focus on being happier

You and I

This is about loving ourselves

And we start our happiness journey

By focusing on becoming happier

Wanting to be happier

This is our goal

This is our focus

Together we walk hand-in-hand

On our beautiful happiness journey

Tomorrow we continue this walk together

Dr. Tony

An Ode to Katie-Anne

An Ode to Katie-Anne

1-3-16

Sunday

Spirituality Day

She is my great-granddaughter

She’s a little girl who had cancer

An ode to Katie-Anne

O little girl

We love you

You are our princess

You bring us love

You bring us joy

And we return that love and joy to you

O Katie-Anne

If only you knew

What a gift you have been for us

If only you knew

How you have given us a new understanding of life

And how we have learned to value it

O little girl

We send you our love

With all the miracles

That love can produce

You are our angel

You are our beloved

O  Katie-Anne

I believe you are now in remission

We thank God

Dr. Tony

Happiness

Happiness

1-2-16

Saturday

Happiness Day

Happiness

Yesterday, New Year’s Day

We simply wrote

Happiness is your choice

Happiness

And today we note

Happiness is the overriding goal

Of every blog I write

Happiness

Every word I write

In every poem/blog I write

Is happiness-driven and inspired

Happiness

I wish it for you

For every moment of every day

After all, God is happy, because God is joy

Happiness

If that is what God is

Then that is what I must choose

And you would be wise to choose it as well

Happiness

Search for it and it will be yours

God is offering it to you

It’s yours to choose

Happiness

It’s my wish for you

Dr. Tony