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What thoughts are you willing to give up your happiness for?

—Jane Nelson

Far too quickly we put the responsibility for our happiness on others. We pout and blame and cry, but our lives never change. This doesn't have to be true, however. We can decide to follow the example of the happier women we are discovering in this Twelve Step program. The difference between them and us is their willingness to be responsible for every thought they have, every feeling they harbor. It's a simple change in mind-set, but it affects every aspect of their lives.

We are just as capable of finding happiness as any of the women we have grown to admire here. They have taken back their power from the others in their lives. They let no one decide how they are going to feel or think about a situation. They take charge of themselves. It's not all that difficult or there would be far fewer successes. Let's try it today.

I can purposefully decide how I'll think and feel today. No one else's behavior will control my own.

—from A Woman's Spirit