9 Rules to Govern Your True Self

As someone who has dealt with depression for 15 years, it is hard to see the good in anything, especially life. It feels as if every time I begin to get ahead everything flushes down the crapper. I know that I have a habit of self-sabotage, and it is something that I work on every day. Wether the 'work' helps or not remains unseen, but I know that one day it will all fall into place (and coming from a hardcore pessimist, that is saying something).

Anyway, I found this in a book awhile ago (unfortunately, I do not remember the author's name, or I would give credit where it is due), and I hope someone finds them helpful.
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INTENTION--the active desire and commitment to be happy, and the fully concious decision to choose happiness over unhappiness

ACCOUNTABILITY--the choice to create the life you want to live; to assume full personal responsibility for your actions, thoughts, and feelings; and the emphatic refusal to blame others for your unhappiness

IDENTIFICATION--the ongoing process of looking deeply within yourself to assess what makes you uniquely happy, apart from what you are told by others should make you happy

CENTRALITY--the non-negotiable insistance on making that which creates happiness central in your life

RECASTING--the choice to convert problems into opportunities and challenges, and to transform traumas into something meaningful, important, and a source of emotional energy

OPTIONS--the decision to approach life by creating multiple scenarios, to be open to new possibilities, and to adopt a flexible apporach to lifes journey

APPRECIATION--the choice to appreciate deeply your life and the people in it; and to stay in the present by turning each experience into something precious

GIVING--the choice to share yourself with friends and community, and to give to the world at large without the expectations of a 'return'

TRUTHFULLNESS--the choice to be honest with yourself and others in an accountable manner; by not allowing societal, corporate, or familial demands violate your inner contract
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Hopefully someone can find somthing on this list that will help them in their day-to-day lives.

As Iyanla Vanzant says--'Create a great day!'

Later, Taters!