"There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way", goes the
saying. So happiness is not something you have to go searching
for somewhere. NBA star Shaquille O'Neal has a unique formula
for happiness that I want to share with you.
In an interview after a match that coincided with his birthday,
Shaq was asked how he was going to celebrate his birthday. He
said that he was going to thank God for the blessings in his
life; and this is the witty and funny bit of Shaq's answer:
"Actually everyday is my birthday."
Shaquille O'Neal's statement is a very powerful key to a happy
life. If you approach each day of your life as your birthday then
everyday will be a happy day for you. And indeed you have the
right to declare everyday your birthday.
Think of the thousands of people who sleep each night and never
wake up again then you will forever see the need show appreciation of your God-given life by living it to the fullest everyday.
Sometimes I think of sleep as death and it has many similarities with death. So with this in mind you could always regard waking up each morning as a new birth and then like Shaq everyday will be your birthday.
After all isn't life a process of continuous renewal? I love this quote which I use as an affirmation every morning: "yesterday has gone. So have all its problems. Today is new and full of miracles and opportunities if you will but look for them."
In Life's Good the author recommends this biblical quotation as a
daily affirmation: "This is the day which the Lord has made; we
will rejoice and be glad in it". He advises to change the word "you" to "I" and personalize the affirmation.
Come on be a Shaq and make everyday your birthday!
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