{"id":325191,"date":"2025-11-30T22:07:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/10-choices-that-lead-to-happiness\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T22:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:07:38","slug":"10-choices-that-lead-to-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=325191","title":{"rendered":"10 Choices That Lead to Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ten-choices-that-lead-to-happiness.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ten-choices-that-lead-to-happiness.jpg 746w, https:\/\/dannielsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ten-choices-that-lead-to-happiness-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cThe foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>the wise grows it under his feet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">~James Openheim<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Happiness is a choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I believe happiness is an attitude, not a state of being. And just as we can choose our attitude, we can choose to be happy. It\u2019s not always easy, but I do believe there are choices we can intentionally make every day that will lead to happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Years ago I read a brief blog post shared on KindSpring.org, titled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kindspring.org\/story\/view.php?sid=44702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201c25 Choices that Lead to Happiness.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Below I\u2019ve posted ten of these choices that I\u2019ve found almost always work in my own life:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cSMILE\u2026.often.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEat healthy. Splurge periodically!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKeep your body fit and agile.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBe kind to strangers you encounter.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cExpress GRATITUDE\u2026constantly\u2026.for your blessings.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPrayer. If you feel God is distant, it isn\u2019t God who moved.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cReplace negative thoughts with positive thoughts\u2026.or with expressions of gratitude for things big and small.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLook at challenges as opportunities to learn and grow.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGive money to people in need, without judgment.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDo things that are FUN\u2026regularly. Be playful!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I can guarantee you, if you intentionally make and follow through on the choices above, you will discover greater happiness and success!<\/p>\n<p>How about you, what choices would you add to the list?<\/p>\n<div class=\"printfriendly pf-button pf-button-content pf-alignleft\">\n                    <a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); pfTrackEvent('10 Choices That Lead to Happiness'); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf-button-img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.printfriendly.com\/buttons\/printfriendly-pdf-button.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\" style=\"width: 112px;height: 24px;\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.\u201d ~James Openheim Happiness is a choice. I believe happiness is an attitude, not a state of being. And just as we can choose our attitude, we can choose to be happy. It\u2019s not always easy, but I do believe there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152081,137868,109930,102978,117043,12226,100227,152080,112659,100359,98848,117045],"tags":[49994,6725,2463,28942,8962,4651,152082,4086,12666,7594],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-325191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attitude","category-blessings","category-choice","category-gratitude","category-greater-success","category-happiness","category-inspiration","category-inspired-living","category-intentionality","category-personal-growth","category-perspective","category-tips-for-greater-success","tag-attitude","tag-blessings","tag-choice","tag-choices","tag-gratitude","tag-happiness","tag-intentionality","tag-lead","tag-perspective","tag-thankful"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 Choices That Lead to Happiness - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=325191\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 Choices That Lead to Happiness - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cThe foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.\u201d ~James Openheim Happiness is a choice. 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