Cheerfulness is a Choice… and a Weapon

Happiness is a feeling. Cheerfulness is a choice… and a weapon.

By cheerfulness, I don’t mean schmaltzy niceties and fake smiles. Real cheerfulness means something much deeper. Cheerfulness is the ability to willingly, even gladly, bear the slings and arrows of life and relationships.

The feeling of happiness comes and goes like weather

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John W. Bailie, PhD

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President of the IIRP Graduate School, visiting faculty at Columbia University, owner/author of www.leadingconflict.com, and founder of Kookedu Media, LLC.

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