Today I Choose To Be Happy

It means a lot to me to have the privilege of sharing this book's message with my readers, it is what I have experienced since I began to be my own observer and since I understood what positively impacta the life of a human, awakening this spirituality and changing the way you see and perceive your life. There are many blessings that have been manifesting in me in such a simple and fluid way that it really is like magic. I do not stop recognizing that the road has not been easy at times to travel, but never more difficult than it was before knowing this truth of the inner power that we have to create and build a happy existence.

Now featuring new research and the most current information on the science of happiness, this book presents an outline of the nine choices happy people consistently make. Also included are tools for self-assessment to allow readers to measure happiness-and to find out what might be holding them back from having more of it. Insightful, intimate, and inspiring, How We Choose to Be Happy lets readers learn by example, and take substantial steps toward joining the ranks of the extremely happy.

A New York Times bestseller with over 1.3 million copies sold! Only a few months ago, he was a successful executive. Now he’s a desperate man. Join David Ponder on an incredible journey to discover the Seven Decisions for success that can turn any life around, no matter how hopeless a situation seems. Forty-six-year-old David Ponder feels like a total failure. Once a high-flying executive in a Fortune 500 company, he now works a part-time, minimum wage job and struggles to support his family. Suddenly an even greater crisis hits: his daughter becomes ill, and he can’t even afford to get her the medical help she needs. When David’s car skids on an icy road, he wonders if he even cares to survive the crash. But an extraordinary experience awaits David Ponder. He suddenly finds himself traveling back in time, meeting leaders and heroes at crucial moments in their lives—from Abraham Lincoln to Anne Frank. As David speaks with each of these historical figures, they share their personal philosophies with him. By the time his journey is over, he has received seven secrets for success—and a second chance. Among these crucial decisions for success are: The buck stops here, and I am responsible for my past and my future I will seek wisdom and be a servant to others I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit, and I will forgive myself Today I will choose to be happy and be the possessor of a grateful spirit The message is simple: Life is about choices. While we have little control over the events that occur in our lives, success is determined by the choices we make daily. The Traveler’s Gift will challenge you, inspire you, and give you seven decisions that you can employ to determine your own personal success. Acclaim for The Traveler’s Gift: Good Morning America’s “Read This!” book selection for May 2003 Hit the New York Times bestseller list and remained there for 17 weeks Reached #5 on the New York Times Business Bestseller list Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller Translated into nearly 20 languages, including Braille

Hope is the fuel that motivates us to take risks, start a new career, open a business, or even ask that special someone out. Right in the middle of these things, life happens turning your entire world upside down. That's when, without thinking, you can lose hope. There are so many options that can help you recover. Today I Choose 2.0 shows you one way. You will have 30 affirmations designed as an antidote to your daily negative self-talk. Practicing these affirmations will help you change the way you think, modify how you look at things and shift your direction. The aim is to walk with you from the dark spot you may be at and guide you to a place where you can shine, grow and be happy.

Mastering the Seven Decisions guides readers to a profound understanding of how to fully integrate seven life-changing Decisions into their daily lives. The Responsible Decision: The buck stops here. I accept responsibility for my past. I am responsible for my success. I will not let my history control my destiny. The Guided Decision: I will seek wisdom. The Active Decision: I am a person of action. The Certain Decision: I have a decided heart. Criticism, condemnation, and complaint have no power over me. The Joyful Decision: Today I will choose to be happy. The Compassionate Decision: I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit. The Persistent Decision: I will persist without exception.

Today I Choose is a collection of inspirational and inspiring poems that highlight the fact that no matter what difficulties life may bring, God is faithful to see you through them. Touching on multiple aspects of every day life, and written in plain, easy to read language, the poems convey a message of hope, even in the midst of broken relationships, broken dreams and a broken world. Today I Choose is an excellent reminder that although you can't control everything that happens to you, you can control how you choose to respond to them.

Travel on this daily inspirational journey of spiritual strengthening utilizing emotional growth. The thoughts and acronyms help you observe, reflect, and perhaps transform your way of thinking. The messages are positive, affirming, loving and full of hope. Each day provides a morning and evening meditation designed to help you realize your true potential as a spiritual being having human characteristics. Let the readings inspire positive thinking. Let a path of positive thoughts lead you to positive words and actions. Let the discovery begin ...

Today I want to share with you my experience in life, hoping it will help remind how wonderful you are. You came to the world to be happy, it is your birthright. If your life is perfect, if you are happy and if you have all that you desire, you keep doing the same thing. But if you feel lost, stressed and devalued and you feel that your life has no sense, therefore, this book is for you.