Gratitude leads to happiness - Day 29

I feel gratitude today about my attitude. I've recently come to the realisation that I can't control what other people do/say/act or how they behave. It's nothing to do with me and I have made a decision to try and not let others affect me.

This realisation and decision is actually quite freeing! If I encounter someone throughout my day who is in a bad mood or doing something that may trigger distress in me, I am choosing to not let their mood affect me. I don't need to let it impact on me or how I'm feeling. I don't need to get drawn down into my own bad mood. I can stay in my happiness and gratitude bubble. The other person can decide to stay grumpy, or they can choose get happy and come and join me. That's their choice.

The reason I have put this as a gratitude post is because it has made me feel so happy. I know that it will take some practice of being around someone who is maybe unhappy/grumpy and not getting pulled down too, but that's what is so exciting and good about this. It's my decision. I have the choice to let someone elses mood affect me or not. I choose not!

A practical way that I have found to stay happy when others around me are not, is to focus on what makes me happy. This was one of the reasons why I decided to write these posts. I now have a documented Gratitude Journal. I can refer back to it at any time that I need to change my mood. I can look through and see all the things I have written about and focus on them, instead of the unhappy person surrounding me.

Thank you Steemit and community for giving me a platform to keep my gratitude journal. I appreciate it.