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LIFE SECRETS by David Larson M y life has always been about learning to love others, learning to love myself, and helping others learn to love themselves. Learning stress-free living and helping others find joy and live their life purpose has been my burning desire for several decades now. I want to share a few key concepts my business partner and I have been teaching to others that we believe will bring you what you want, just as they have for so many others. As you learn to apply these principles in your life, you cannot help but expand into joy and fulfillment. Have fun living from these five secrets to fulfilled living. • Live from gratitude. There will always be disappointments because we make up what we think will make us happy. When life doesn’t meet those expectations, we have set ourselves up to feel bad. This does not mean you shouldn’t have goals or wants. It does mean you don’t let your happiness depend on achieving those wants. It’s fun to want, and fun to achieve, but prolonged happiness is not related to either of them. Always focus on what you have, not what you don’t have. Result: consistent and sustained joy. • Reject all complaining. Complaining is giving attention to what other people are not doing that you want them to do, or what they are doing that you don’t want them to do. Have you noticed that complaining doesn’t change others? You must notice this in order to stop your selfsabotaging. Since we get more of what we focus on, continually trying to change what you don’t like in others sentences yourself to seeing a constant display of it. You must learn that others do not have to behave the way you want in order for you to be happy. Focus on creating t he life you want for you, regardless of what others are doing. This is much more satisfying. • Learn as quickly as you can that money does not bring happiness. Many people waste their entire lives operating under the belief that if they just get enough money, their stress and problems will go away. There’s nothing wrong with having money, yet it seems that rich people are the only ones that have learned more money eydismedia.com 37