How can we find True Happiness?

​HAPPINESS

It takes great courage
to live your life
as you really are.
 
For so much of what
we do and say is filtered,
by what we believe others
will think of us.
 
Our ego, vanity and
society all demand,
that we present ourselves
in a way that will please others.
 
But others, are also thinking
and acting in the same way.
They too, are trying
to present themselves so that
we will approve of them.
 
If only one of us could have
the courage to change,
and live our life as we really are.
Then perhaps, we would
give permission to others
to be themselves.
 
We can relieve ourselves
of the burden of expectation,
and the stress of living
to a false standard.
We can be courageous
and be truly happy.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. What do you need to change, to live your life as you really are?
2. How can you find true happiness?

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Day 237 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises