"There's a giggle in every minute ...if you find the joy within it!"

After struggling through some "blahs" which occasionally happen in life ... I have decided to post 20 ways to be happy! Remember ..."There's a giggle in every minute if you find the joy within it!"

1.Happiness is a choice! Choose to be happy!

2.Think Happy thoughts!

3. Pay it forward. For every kind deed offered to you, do a kind deed for someone else.

4. Write thank-you notes frequently. The energy of gratitude feeds happiness.

5. Smile-even if you don't feel like it. You eventually will!

6. Dance! Even if you look funny!

7. When you think a complimentary thought about someone-tell them.

8. Refrain from making judgments-think something positive instead.

9. Whistle.

10. Count your many blessings ... and bask in the abundance!

11. Turn on your favorite upbeat song and sing along.

12. Happiness is here, in this moment. George Bernard Shaw said, “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” Know that there is nothing to magically “find” for happiness; it’s created through you.

13. Patch your right eye if you are thinking negative thoughts. When you put an eye patch on your right eye, you quiet the left brain and its negative chatter. And to add to that ... you look like a pirate! And then you can imagine your side kick is Johnny Depp and ...that evokes even more happy thoughts!

14. Hug someone-tightly.

15. Read yourself A child's story ... preferably one with a happy ending!

16. Stay in the present. Let the future be just that: the future. And let go of the past!!

17. Hold a newborn baby and welcome them into the world.

18. Give some service to someone who is more needy than you.

19. Exercise regularly.

20. Pray ... BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ...NOTHING THAT WILL TAKE LIFE'S STING AWAY QUITE LIKE A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE LORD!

21. Oh ... and if you really need a smile ... read my sister in law's blog! She's Hysterical! (See "Chronicles Of The Jeppsons" on my bloglist ....)