Day 1
Choose Happiness Every Day
Key Truth

The quality of your choices determines the quality of your life.
Whatever challenges you may face, whatever circumstances
are weighing you down; you can choose your response. How you
live your life is totally up to you. It’s not dependent on your circumstances.
It’s dependent on your choices. Abraham Lincoln said,
“Most people are as happy as they’ve decided to be.”
Honest Abe would have enjoyed a recent study that found happiness
increases 10 percent on Fridays. Why is that? People are excited
about the coming weekend so they decide to be happier. They make
up their minds on Fridays to enjoy their lives more.
I challenge you to let every day be a Friday. Give yourself permission
to be happy every day. Not just on the weekends. Not just when
you have a special event. Not just when you’re on vacation.
If you have the right mind-set,
you can be just as happy on Monday
as you are on Friday. The Scripture doesn’t say, “Friday is the
day the Lord has made.” It says, “This is the day the Lord has made”
(Psalm 118:24 nkjv; emphasis added).

This means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and every other day of
the week. You can be happy even when it’s raining, when you have to
work late, or when you have to do the dishes.

Why don’t you make up your mind to be happy every day? You’ve
heard the saying “TGIF. Thank God it’s Friday.” For you and me it
also should be, “TGIM. Thank God it’s Monday.”
“TGIW. Thank God it’s Wednesday.”
“TGIS. Thank God it’s Sunday.”

Another study said there are more heart attacks on Monday
than on any other day. So many people just decide that Monday is a
stressed-out day. They suffer the Monday morning blues.
When you wake up on Monday morning, don’t accept those negative
thoughts that come knocking on your door, saying, It’s going to
be a hard day and a long week. Traffic will be bad. I’ve got so much work
to do. I just need to make it through the Monday morning blues. Don’t
buy into those thoughts.

Instead, say, “Thanks, but no thanks. I’ve already answered the
door and almighty God, the Creator of the universe, has sent me a
hand delivery of joy. I know this is going to be a great day!”
Decide that for you, there are no Monday morning blues. Instead,
choose the Monday morning dos by saying, “I do have a smile. I do
have joy. I do have God’s favor. I do have victory.”

This is an extract from Every day a Friday Journal by Joel Osteen. To buy the book now, click here

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