24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

What makes you happy? Make a list, mental or written, and refer to that often.
It helps you accomplish so many of these tips.
When I'm having my "pity party" I force myself to think on the things that make me happy, to think of all the blessings in my life right now.
Yup, sometimes I want to just hide in my own pity, and sometimes God lets me do just that. But I soon am able to move on and it's the deeply buried treasures of memories of happy times that brings me back to the reality of my own happiness. Or I focus on what's made me unhappy and compare it to what I have now. Either way, I can move on and move forward. I am in charge of my own happiness.

How about you?

Today I can play with my grandkids or I can lock the door and hide under the covers.
Today I can go to choir practice and sing praise to Jesus all afternoon or I can sit home alone and mope.
Today I can clean house and start packing for a move and sorting for a garage sale or I can wish I had the energy to do it.

Choices. What choices are you making for your happiness?