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August 19, 2025 4 mins

Happiness isn't an accident that happens to us but a discipline we must practice daily, even when faced with life's inevitable challenges. By choosing to maintain our joy regardless of external circumstances, we transform happiness from a fleeting emotion into part of our core identity.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Life is waiting for you each day and you have to
prepare for each challenge alongthe way towards success.
It's not simple, but it can bedone.
Welcome to my Common SenseMotivation episodes.
I'm Chris Fantastic PowellPractice Happiness.
In today's world, life moves atthe speed of a 30-second

(00:21):
soundbite.
The media screams for yourattention, selling you the next
big crisis, the next shockingheadline, the next reason to be
afraid, outraged or distracted,and if you're not intentional,
you'll find yourself living ondefense, reacting to someone
else's noise instead of choosingyour own pace.

(00:42):
But here's the truth.
Happiness isn't an accident.
It doesn't just stroll intoyour life one morning and decide
to stay.
Happiness is a discipline, apractice, a decision you make
again and again, day after day.
It's the discipline of saying Iwill not allow the world to
decide my mood.

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I will not let outside noisecancel my inner peace.
Think of happiness like amuscle.
You don't build muscle bywishing for it.
You build it by showing up,lifting the weight and repeating
the movement.
Over time, strength isdeveloped.
Happiness works in the same way.
It grows stronger the more youchoose it.

(01:23):
When you pause to say thank youfor the good in your life, when
you smile even when thingsaren't perfect, when you slow
down enough to breathe in themoment instead of racing through
it.
Every one of these choices isrepetition, a set, a practice,
and every practice makes youstronger at living in joy.
Storms will come, struggleswill show up uninvited,

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difficulties may try to camp outin your life and overstay their
welcome, but storms don't lastforever and, more importantly,
storms don't have the power tosteal your joy unless you hand
it over.
The presence of challenges doesnot mean the absence of joy.
Just because it's rainingdoesn't mean the sun stopped
existing.

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It's simply hidden for a time.
Happiness is choosing tobelieve that the sun is still
there, even when the clouds rollin.
Every single day, you and I arefaced with two paths One, react
to the chaos of the world andlet our peace be stolen, or two,
choose to practice happinessregardless of what's happening

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around us.
The truth is, happiness doesn'tcome from perfect situations.
It comes from powerful choices.
When you practice happinessconsistently, something
incredible happens.
It shifts from just being afeeling into being part of your
identity.
It becomes less about momentsof happiness and more about

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becoming a person who walks inhappiness, who lives in joy, who
shine light no matter how darkit gets around them.
And when you reach that point,challenges don't shake you the
way they used to be.
Disappointments don't defineyou the way they used to be.
Disappointments don't defineyou the way they once did.
Stress doesn't own you anymorebecause you've trained yourself,

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because you've practiced,because happiness isn't just a
reaction.
It's who you become.
So today, choose, don't wait forhappiness to show up.
Practice it.
Practice gratitude, practiceslowing down.
Practice smiling more.
Practice noticing the good.

(03:32):
Not because life is perfect,but because your attitude is
powerful.
And the more you practicehappiness, the stronger it
becomes.
So today, decide, choose, trainyour spirit to rise above the
noise, because one day you'lllook back and realize happiness
isn't just something you had ina moment.

(03:53):
Happiness is who you are.
Make it happen.
I'm Chris Fantastic Powell.
Thank you for listening.
For books, ebooks or audiobooks, visit
chrisfantasticpowellcom or findthem on Amazon.
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