The Happiness Project Part 2

In the remainder of the chapter on marriage and remembering love from The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin states her happiness formula that she created on the train: "To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right." I have to be honest, I didn't really understand this in the context she was using to explain it. However, I have been reading a number of books about positive thinking and the power of being in the moment, and what I brought to this formula (or took away from) is that in order to feel and know happiness maybe we need to know unhappiness. So to know what it's like to feel good, we have to know what it's like to feel bad. And maybe from that we can start to notice how we feel when we feel "right". I think feeling 'right' is different for every person, and Rubin agrees. She states, "'Feeling right' is about living the life that's right for you..." Here's what I think: Life is experience. It's up to us to decide what to make of each experience. Our reactions to life's experiences help to create and determine who we are as people. And I think that's what life is all about, figuring out who we are and who we want to be. If a person wants to remain stuck in a world full of drama and unpleasantries, then that's okay for them if that is who they want to be. But if another person wants to elevate their consciousness, meditate, and simplify their life to gain a better attitude about life, then that's ok, too. So, in your daily thoughts and decisions decide who you are and focus on the person you want to be. Our time on this earth is short, so we might as well make the best of it! Eat, pray, love? Peace, love, happiness? The path you take to get there doesn't matter as long as you get where you need to be.