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My Happiness Project

As I sit here reading "The Happiness Project," I am so overwhelmed by just how much I needed this book.
Have any of you read this book?! What did you think of it?
Posted by Allison Valree Federico on Tuesday, November 1, 2016


When I sat down to begin reading, I heard the kids playing upstairs...and I was worried about it....
"What is my son getting into now?" (It's always, always always something!)
"Are they going to get hurt?"
"What if a neighbor stops by and realizes that I'm letting my kids play without helicoptering them? What will she think?"
But the truth of the matter is, she is almost 5 and he is 2, and really they can play alone for 10 minutes while I read, and (as long as they don't burn the house down), most messes will be cleanable....
But the point is, I started out with the wrong mindset to begin!
Just 5 minutes into my reading, I already see that! My kids are LAUGHING. And having FUN together. In our SAFE house. In our SAFE neighborhood.
I AM BLESSED BEYOND BELIEF.
And so often I fail to realize that.
So here's to working on my own "happiness project."
It's not about CHANGING my whole life to MAKE it better. It's about changing how I PERCEIVE my life, and being grateful.

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