Inherently Happy

Happy Courage - Ep. 387

Trying new things can be scary at first, 
You may feel uneasy and start thinking the worst, 
But if you can keep on going for just a little bit longer,
You may just find that your confidence gets a whole lot stronger.

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Ep. 387 - Happy Courage

We begin as always 
with the Happy Creed.

We believe in Happy, 
in Balance and Growth, 
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.

Yowza
Haha
My Happy Friends!

Trying new things can be scary at first, 
You may feel uneasy and start thinking the worst, 
But if you can keep on going for just a little bit longer,
You may just find that your confidence gets a whole lot stronger.

Because part of the fear comes from the unknown,
And from the uncertainty that can become overblown,
But as you get familiar with the situation at hand, 
Your outlook improves as you begin to understand.

You then start to notice things you didn’t notice before, 
Opportunities to advance and raise your overall score, 
Expectations you can manage and allies you can make,
Challenges you can handle and chances you can take.

Happy Courage isn’t a total lack of anxiety or worry or fear,
It’s, instead, your refusal to cower or shrink when those things may appear,
You don’t need to avoid nervousness in order to act, 
Happy Courage means you keep going even if you feel like you’re being attacked.

Many’s the time when I was an absolute bundle of nerves,
But that often juiced up my flagging energy reserves,
I’ve asked girls to dance, and spoken on stage,
I’ve defended myself in a fight against someone in an absolute rage.

You don’t need to hide from the world just because it’s a tad frightening,
That’s as silly as hiding underwater to avoid bolts of lightning,
But instead you should learn to face up to challenges both old and new,
Because Happy Courage is you being your most courageous you!

Haha
Yowza

Happy Still - Ep. 386

If you get so mad that you want to explode, 
Then you’ll always find reasons to overload, 
You’ll keep chasing the high of that pressure release,
Declaring war every time you really want peace.

 

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Ep. 386 - Happy Still

We begin as always 
with the Happy Creed.

We believe in Happy, 
in Balance and Growth, 
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.

Yowza
Haha
My Happy Friends!

If you get so mad that you want to explode, 
Then you’ll always find reasons to overload, 
You’ll keep chasing the high of that pressure release,
Declaring war every time you really want peace.

You’ll create new problems, instead of achieving your goals,
Increasing your emptiness with all those self-made holes,
But if you stop trying to destroy, and try to connect,
Then there’ll be no need to fix, heal, save or resurrect.

Now I know the attraction of a bout of righteous wrath, 
But it can lead you headlong down a sick and woeful path,
Where everything is loud and mean and you have to fight your way through,
Because you’re trapped in a battle, when, really, the enemy is you.

And the time to stop the skirmish is not when your smack in the middle, 
But before you even get started if you’d just prepare yourself a little,
Because you shouldn’t be so surprised if you tend to blow your top, 
When it happens yet again after you hoped that it would stop.

You can’t just wing it, you actually have to prepare to keep your cool, 
Plan ahead for any possible triggers, and practice not acting like a fool, 
Allow yourself to take your time, don’t let the process itself make you mad, 
Or you’ve defeated the whole purpose, and let your goodwill go bad.

But you have to realize for yourself that a short-lived burst of rage isn’t worth your dreams,
That the power you feel for only a moment isn’t quite as triumphant as it seems, 
Because it erodes your sense of balance, your sense of growth, your peace of mind,
And that can make you bitter, cranky, argumentative, and extremely unkind.

And, like I say, I know all about it, I’ve yelled and I’ve raged,
I acted like a wild animal who deserved to be caged,
I’ve thought to myself, “well, maybe this is just me,”
But I’m here to tell you, it doesn’t have to be!”

You can choose your own behavior, your own thoughts, your own traits, 
You don’t need all that anger to be one of the greats,
You can find power in the calmness, the control and the Will, 
And see that through it all you can be Happy Still.

Haha
Yowza

 

Happy Fortitude - Ep. 385

Happy Fortitude is the faith you have in your own inner strength, 
It’s the grit you got--to tell yourself to get up, and try once more,
It’s your resilience, knowing that you will go to any length
To keep from quitting, dropping the ball, or running out the back door.

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Ep. 385 - Happy Fortitude

We begin as always 
with the Happy Creed.

We believe in Happy, 
in Balance and Growth, 
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.

Yowza
Haha
My Happy Friends!

Happy Fortitude is the faith you have in your own inner strength, 
It’s the grit you got--to tell yourself to get up, and try once more,
It’s your resilience, knowing that you will go to any length
To keep from quitting, dropping the ball, or running out the back door.

I’ve known people who would give up when things got the least bit hard, 
People with no resolve, who couldn’t see anything through to the end, 
Who could never be counted on to stand up or stay true in any regard,
Such people with zero backbone aren’t those anyone would want to call a friend.

Friends are those who’ll stay with you even when times ain’t easy,
Those you can depend on even when you’re not at your best,
People who can stomach hardship without getting too queasy,
Keeping it together through such trials is indeed the true test.

But, hey, I get it, if you take the coward’s way out, the shortcut, the cheat,
Well, then you ensure you’ll live to fight another day--well, to cower anyway.
‘Cause that’s the thing, ain’t it? You’re just proving to yourself that you can be beat,
Every time you recoil, flinch, shiver or shake, you turn yourself into Fortune’s prey.

But what if instead you took every opportunity to prove to yourself you can stick it out,
That you can last a little longer, try a little harder, keep pushing, keep going, stay strong?
It doesn’t even have to be anything big, every example builds you up and helps defeat doubt,
Until before you know it, you aren’t the craven, trembling, quail you’ve been for far too long.

Because Happy Fortitude means you don’t crumble when life get tough,
You're secure regardless of the difficulty or trouble,
Because you know that you can dig deep and trust that you have power enough
To endure any storm, and watch your confidence double.

Haha
Yowza

More Happy Grace - Ep. 384

Happy Grace means that you reserve judgment when you encounter mistakes,
And act with tolerance and patience allowing everyone to learn, and find their flow,
It’s not the same as encouraging yourself or others to act like a bunch of flakes,
But about acceptance, and allowing everyone the space to give it another go.

Ep. 156 - Happy Grace

 

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Ep. 384 - More Happy Grace

We begin as always 
with the Happy Creed.

We believe in Happy, 
in Balance and Growth, 
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.

Yowza
Haha
My Happy Friends!

Happy Grace means that you reserve judgment when you encounter mistakes,
And act with tolerance and patience allowing everyone to learn, and find their flow,
It’s not the same as encouraging yourself or others to act like a bunch of flakes,
But about acceptance, and allowing everyone the space to give it another go.

And that’s not accomplished by gritting your teeth and trying not to explode, 
Happy Grace is a choice you make to see the world as a dynamic journey, 
Not some administrative chore you’re saddled with by durable power of attorney,
But a life full of experiences and feelings best grabbed by the armload.

I’ve been a maintenance man, an executive assistant, and a live-in babysitter,
I’ve been a food server, an emcee, a tutor, a retail clerk, and a stagehand,
So, I’ve had to serve, announce, teach, sit and wait for others, ‘cause I ain’t no quitter,
And seeing how slow, dull and futile some things can be helped me to understand.

Understand what? Understand how frustrating and painful some things can be,
Well, how is that helpful? You may well ask! And I’ll tell you--it helps keep you aware.
Aware of what, you’ll, no doubt, want to know! Aware of how to accept things calmly,
How to manage expectations, which leads to greater composure and less open warfare.

Happy Grace is what allows you to try again and again after failing multiple times, 
It’s what grants you hope and renewed vigor well after you feel you’ve lost it, 
It’s what keeps you rooting for those who seem to have long since passed their primes,
And it’s the very thing that keeps you from ever, ever, ever trying to quit.

Haha
Yowza

 

Happy Mood Mastery - Ep. 383

In order to achieve Balanced Growth--and also to keep it going,
You’ll need three things to keep the old Mood Wisdom flowing,
The Three Cs of Mood Expertise: Communication, Comprehension, and Control. 
Being able to recognize, realize, and regulate emotions will help you feel whole.

Happy Leaders - Ep. 382

Happy Leaders are C.H.A.R.M.E.D. 
Where being informed is the same as forearmed. 
Initials that describe the ideals, 
And are easily recalled--which always appeals!

Happy Mountains - Ep. 381

We all have mountains we must climb,
And that comes in many forms,
From the rough to the sublime,
To find sunlight through the storms.

Happy Yearning - Ep. 380

Being grateful is important, sure, I say it all the time, of course,
But that doesn’t mean to ever stop striving to express your vital life force!

Happy Shame - Ep. 379

Shame is painful humiliation or distress,
The feeling that you’re a complete and utter mess,
But Happy Shame is the opposite of that,
It’s being immune to feeling like a doormat.

Happy Like You - Ep. 378

If you can keep mindful of one simple fact, 
That you were born Happy, which you can't counteract--
Then patient compassion can have an impact, 
Allowing you to stay grateful even while being attacked.

 

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378 - Happy Like You
The place you wanna get back to

We begin as always 
with the Happy Creed.

We believe in Happy, 
in Balance and Growth, 
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.

Yowza
Haha
My Happy Friends!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it agains

We all start out Happy,
With Balance and Growth and such, 
But as we age we forget
to practice it all that much.

Practice requires willpower and discipline,
To constantly develop that link,
To prevent being a Happy has-been
Wishing you’d taken the time to rethink.

When you’re Happy, 
you’re naturally Nice and accommodating,
Telling the truth without discriminating,
Being helpful and facilitating,
Which you may find endlessly invigorating.

Then you’ll wonder--
Why be Mean to folks when you can be Nice instead?
You’ll be less likely to catch a kick to the head,
Which could go a long way in keeping you not dead,
Or raising your blood pressure every time you see red.

I myself 
don’t have any fancy stuff, most of my stuff is old,
I have nothing encrusted in diamonds or made of 24 karat gold,
I never started a family, I don’t have pets, I only have stories yet untold,
And as much life as I have left in me to allow them to unfold.

And yet I maintain my Balance and Growth by being Mindful of one simple fact,
That we are all born Happy and can connect to it at any time, to be exact,
Though it requires patient concentration to be able to stay Grateful while being attacked,
But having Compassion and Understanding can have an absolutely profound impact.

Just that one little perspective adjustment can help focus you on Hope instead of Hate,
It can show you similarities instead of differences--even in people who make you irate,
It can attune you to music of the spheres and keep your Happy awareness up to date,
Just by thinking of Balance and Growth whenever you have a chance to speculate.

HaHa
Yowza