Thirteen Proverbs For Overcoming Depression And Being Happy

1. Abe Lincoln said,” Most people are about as happy as they want to be.”

2. Many people believe life should be as they want it to be, not the way it is.  They refuse to accept reality.

3. Many people have a fantasy that life should be fair.  The reality is, life is not fair.

4. Many people form beliefs and judgments that they label true.  They then refuse to seek knowledge or accept any information that is counter to their beliefs.

5. It is not what happens that makes you happy or unhappy.  It is what you believe about what happens that causes you to be happy or unhappy. 

6. Many people’s beliefs and actions show that being miserable is their priority.  They should make being happy their priority and invest in learning how.

7. If you can find enough things and people, including yourself, to blame, it is OK to be miserable.

8. God gave us control over one thing, our minds.  If we learn to control it, we can be happy.  If we fail to control it, we will be unhappy. 

9. Being happy is something that must be learned.  You did not receive any training by your parents or in school on how to be happy.  Many people invest 20,000 hours from K through college, but will not invest 1 hour to learn how to be happy.  If you fail to learn how to be happy, you will be unhappy.

10. As a man thinketh, so is he.

11. My life has been filled with many tragedies.  Most of which never happened.  Mark Twain.

12. Many people spend a lifetime trying to change other people, but not two minutes changing themselves.

13. Our body needs food and so does our mind.  If we feed our bodies rotten food, we will be sick and could even die.  However, many people feed their mind the rotten food of fear, anxiety, worry, anger, hatred, guilt, jealousy, shame, etc.  It is no wonder that they are depressed.

Go to Amazon.com and buy these books.  You can buy them used, in good condition, for very little.  Most likely, you will not learn to be happy by reading these books once.  Read them, reread them, highlight important passages, and make written notes.  When the principles explained in these books go into your subconscious mind, you will be happy regardless of what goes on in your life.

Telling Yourself The Truth, by William Backus.  [Christian]  In this book you will learn that it is our misbeliefs that cause unhappiness and depression.

Happiness is a Choice, by Barry Neil Kaufman. In this book you will learn the 6 shortcuts to happiness and how a man was happy even when his sister died.

Don Searles