1.
Happy youths will never hold grudges for long: Let today be the day
you stop being haunted by the ghosts from your past. What happened in
the past is just one chapter in your story; don’t close the book, just
turn the page. We’ve all been hurt by our own decisions and by others,
and while the pain of these experiences is normal, sometimes it lingers
for too long. Feelings of resentment urge us to relive the same pain
over and over, and we have a hard time letting go.


Forgiveness is the remedy. It allows you to focus on the future without
combating the past. To understand the infinite potential of everything
going forward is to forgive everything already behind you. Without
forgiveness, wounds can never be healed and personal growth can never be
achieved. It doesn’t mean you’re erasing the past, or forgetting what
happened. It means you’re letting go of the resentment and pain, and
instead choosing to learn from the incident and move on with your life.


2. Happy youths never resist the truth: It is a certain deathtrap when
we spend our lives learning how to lie, because eventually these lies
grow so strong in our minds that we become bad at seeing, telling and
living our own truth. Lives come apart so easily when they have been
held together with lies. If you resist the truth, you will live a lie
every day as the truth haunts your thoughts every night. You simply
can’t get away from your truth by moving dishonestly from one place to
the next.


So don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to hide the truth with
deception; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion of what’s
popular. It is better to offer no explanation or excuse than a false
one. It takes courage and strength to admit the truth, but it is the
only way to truly live. Accept what is, embrace it fully, and live for
the possibilities that lie ahead.


3. Happy youths never stay long in a negative environment: You can’t
make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment
that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable. So protect your
spirit and potential from contamination by limiting your time with
negative people and the environments they inhabit.


When other people invite you to act like victims, when they whine and
moan about the unfairness of life, for example, and ask you to agree, to
offer condolences, and to participate in their grievances, just walk
away. When you join in that game of negativity you always lose.


Even when you’re alone, create a positive mental space for yourself.
Make it a point to give up all the thoughts that make you feel bad, or
even just a few of them that have been troubling you, and see how doing
that changes your life. You don’t need negative thoughts. They are all
lies. They solve nothing. All they have ever given you is a false
self that suffers for no reason.


4. Happy youths never seek validation of self-worth from others: When
you are content to simply be yourself, without comparing and competing
to impress others, everyone worthwhile will respect you. And even more
importantly, you will respect yourself.


How are you letting others define you? What would you do differently if
you knew nobody would judge you?


Truth be told, no one has the right to judge you. People may have heard
your stories, and they may think they know you, but they can’t feel
what you are going through; they aren’t living YOUR life. So forget
what they think and say about you. Focus on how you feel about
yourself, and keep walking the path that feels best under your feet.


Those who accept you are your friends. Those who don’t are your
teachers. If someone calls you something and it’s true, it’s not your
problem because it’s true. If someone calls you something and it’s not
true, it’s not your problem because it’s not true. Either way, whatever
they call you is not your problem. What other people call you is their
problem… What you call yourself, and who you decide to become, is your
problem.


5. Happy youths never allow external factors and people to determine
their happiness: Unhappiness lies in that gap between what we have now
and what we think we need. But the truth is, we don’t need to acquire
anything more to be content with what we already have. We don’t need
anyone else’s permission to be happy. Your life is magnificent not
because someone says it is, or because you have acquired something new,
but because you choose to see it as such. Don’t let your happiness be
held hostage. It is always yours to choose, to live and experience.


As soon as you stop making everyone and everything else responsible for
your happiness, the happier you’ll be. If you’re unhappy now, it’s not
someone else’s fault. Take full responsibility for your own
unhappiness, and you will instantly gain the ability to be happier.
Stop seeking in vain to arrange conditions that will make you happy.
Simply choose

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