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30 The Hard Way!

You don’t know what happiness is until you’ve been unhappy!

Every night when my head hits the pillow, I feel relief. The pain and confusion that once took over my body are long gone. The manipulative voices that clogged my brain are silenced.

Being in control of your happiness is exhilarating!

You can fight for a lifetime for others to bring happiness to you and never receive it, or you can choose to be the happiness you were waiting for.

Good things and blessings are all around, and it’s a beautiful thing that we can choose to invite them in. We hold the key to our happiness. We are all given options, and it’s up to us to select the options that will produce happiness in our lives.

I believe we attract the same energy we put into the world. If shifty people surround you, you may need to look closely at yourself. Make the changes necessary and revamp your situation.

Many things are out of our control, but I instead focus on the things that are.

Daily writing prompt
List 30 things that make you happy.
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30 things that make me HAPPY

  1. My faith
  2. My husband
  3. My children
  4. My health
  5. My pride
  6. My dignity
  7. My self-respect
  8. Sun hitting my face
  9. Summer
  10. Rain on a cloudy day
  11. The sound of waves
  12. Sand on my toes
  13. Being around love
  14. Movie night with my family
  15. The touch of someone who loves me
  16. Familiar warm voices
  17. Cooking (Healthy and unhealthy)
  18. Cleaning
  19. Vibing off of the energy of others
  20. Vacations with my family
  21. Clean, warm sheets
  22. A kitchen full of food
  23. Helping people that need me in any way, shape, or form
  24. Believing that this world is bigger than me
  25. Reading/Blogging
  26. Looking back at how far I’ve come
  27. Christmas (Winter)
  28. Celebrating birthdays
  29. Knowing I am exactly who I’m supposed to be
  30. Creating a path that makes sense to me
  31. Only following the rules if I have to!

I would love for you to share five things that make you happy. Focusing on the positive just feels right.

You could have chosen any blog to read, but you chose mine, and I’m honored!

~Belladonna~

81 Replies to “30 The Hard Way!”

  4. My family, helping others, being near water, coffee, alcohol, lol, food-healthy and not-so-much, my friends, cruising, swimming, hiking, writing, reading, silence, cleaning and organizing things, crafts, collecting things for my crafts, parties, time for prayer, reflection, and God, music (all kinds but especially rock), fast cars, mini-golf, sitting by a fire, getting my nails and or hair done, talking to friends on the phone,…

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      1. Bless you Queen B. 🙏🏼 Speaking of Queen B, she was at the stadium in our area last night. She brought the house down and was still going strong for almost 2 and a half hours, according to news sources. I don’t know how much those tickets were, but the audience got a show they won’t forget! Keep doing you sistah queen! 🥰👑😍

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      4. Girlfriend, don’t you know it! And slay she did. But, I couldn’t afford these tickets that could pay my mortgage! No Boo, I don’t think so! 🙄 Not today and tomorrow ain’t lookin too good either! 🎤🎤🎤

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  10. What a wonderfully positive blog post. I’ll happily share 5 things that make me happy. 1) my first cup of coffee in the morning 2) my garden currently growing lots of baby pumpkins 3) taking drives with my daughter and hearing all her things 4) teaching my little nephew how to swim in the lake 5) when the words pour out and I have time to actually write them down. Thanks for making me pause a minute to reflect on all the good things happening right now.

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  14. My Family
    playing cards against humanity family edition and watching everyone crack up
    My pets
    A good book
    Dance parties in the living room with DJ Ray picking the music.
    I love the picture, you and your husband looking at each other smiling. I love love. Love it.

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  16. being almost 65 and still active. 2. music, playing and listening. 3. support I receive from friends and of course friends 4. being comfortable..no real stresses, life seems good. 5. running, running makes me happy

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  22. Hello Belladonna I like your post and here are my five: 1- I love that I live in a travel trailer and I can move anytime I want. 2 – I love my man he is awesome, kind, thoughtful, hard working, generous and loving. I thank god for he is a blessing. 3 – We just adopted a bulldog and she is awesome and very well behaved I love her. 4 – As we travel from place to place we have met some awesome, kind and generous people. 5 – My family brings me lots of joy and happiness they are awesome and I love them.

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  26. 1) My kids, health, and health; all combined as one. 2) Cooking, and family time, my kitchen has become my happy place and any activity I do with my kids is the highlight of my day. 3) Humor(I love letting out my inner kid) 4)Being creative! 5) Writing. It’s my passion and the one thing I can always turn to to keep my spirit lifted.

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  30. Faith has such a profound impact on those that wish to build it. I wouldn’t have considered it for this list at all 10 years ago, but circumstances and life have a way of breaking you. In that brokenness, faith, repurposes us, rebuilds us, and brings an inner peace. It took me 41 years, the military, and a lot of mental health issues to realize that.

    God bless.

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    1. Oh wow!!!! You made it through. Without faith where would be and how broken would we be. I don’t even like thinking about it.
      I’m so glad you are right where you belong. God bless you Bryan!

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  32. My name is Mélissa uitkit, currently I live in Hongrie. I have throat cancer that has reached a critical state that condemns me to certain death and I have €900,000 in a bank account in Peru. I would like to make a donation to someone who is honest and trustworthy to benefit me. I have an import and export business, I lost my husband for 5 years, which touched me a lot, unfortunately we did not have children.

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    1. I am so sorry!!! That is so HORRIBLE. I’m praying for you. Don’t give up on hope. I pray that a family member can step up and make you proud while keeping your business going.

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