The Brave Always Have Happiness

“If you don’t like where you are, move! You are not a tree”.

I live by this quote.

Life is too short and too precious to suck it up and stay with people who are not good for you anymore, at a job that doesn’t allow you to open up your full potential, or in a place that frustrates you day after day.

Fear of uncertainty will try keeping your impulse to freedom at bay, offering you a number of reasons why you should maintain the status quo, and work through things that no longer bring you joy.

“Do you want to break up a perfectly decent marriage? Are you out of your mind? Divorce is not acceptable in our family!”

“This job is not the best, but it pays your bills, and you are used to doing it. Why rock the boat when the economy is bad?”

“The climate here is changeable and humid, but try buying another medicine for your respiratory problems. You know this town. The new place might be worse”.

My advice to you: be brave enough to change your life at any given point in time if the situation you find yourself in is obstructing you from living your best life.

I have a soon-to-be ex-colleague who stayed at the same job for 8 years, asking for a promotion only to find out that the company has no interest in letting him transition to another department or giving him a raise.

Don’t beg for things you think you deserve. Simply move on and find an employer who will appreciate you and notice your hard work.

I have a good friend who has been married for over 35 years, and her husband always took her care, love and devotion for granted, forgetting to say “thank you” for a delicious dinner or a nicely mowed lawn. She is not happy, she feels abused and calls him “King Albert”, but stays married to the same man, because her church looks down on the concept of divorce.

I have a relative who was too scared to say “yes” to a man who proposed to her because she was afraid of permanently moving to Germany. She is an old maid who regrets the way she lived her life—caring for others but not for herself.

I bet you know similar sad stories. Yours doesn’t have to be one of them.

By the end of the day, the brave always have happiness.