{"id":7383,"date":"2012-03-05T16:32:06","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T23:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertfagan.com\/?p=7383"},"modified":"2025-03-19T11:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:35:56","slug":"get-happy-faster-heres-one-quick-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/coaching\/7383\/get-happy-faster-heres-one-quick-strategy","title":{"rendered":"Get Happy Faster. Here\u2019s One Quick Strategy."},"content":{"rendered":"

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There\u2019s an old story of two men who are walking along when they encounter an old, feeble woman stopped at a stream.\u00a0 When the two men asked the woman why she was stopped, she answered that she was afraid to walk across the water because in her weakened frail condition she might slip and get swept away by the currents.<\/p>\n

Sympathetic, the two men kindly lifted her up and carried her across the rushing water and then continued on their way.<\/p>\n

A little while later, one of the men said, \u201cI can\u2019t believe that we agreed to carry that woman across the stream.\u00a0 Now, by back is killing me.\u00a0 His companion said nothing and kept walking.<\/p>\n

Soon the first man began complaining again.\u00a0 \u201cWhy did we do such a foolish thing?\u00a0 I\u2019m going to be hurting and sore for days!\u201d\u00a0 Once again his companion said nothing.\u00a0 Noticing that his companion was not limping or showing any pain, the first man stopped and asked his friend,\u00a0 \u201cWhy don\u2019t your back and shoulders hurt you?\u201d\u00a0 Without any pause, the man answered, \u201cBecause I put the old woman down several miles ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

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So, my question to you is have you been carrying around something that you should have dropped long ago?\u00a0 Could it be a harsh remark, a failed relationship, or some sort of failure, betrayal or embarrassment?<\/p>\n

Are you using this baggage as fuel to drive you toward something else, perhaps perceived success?\u00a0 Do you believe that someone who said you couldn\u2019t succeed is now crying and miserable now, because you did?<\/p>\n

There is an old saying that what someone else thinks of me is none of my business.\u00a0 In the same way, if a teacher, parent, boss, former lover, co-worker, or ex-friend mentioned something badly concerning you, why let that clutter up your world?\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it time you shed that old baggage, forgave them, and moved on?\u00a0 Why not focus on your goals and not on past trash?<\/p>\n

Could you let go? Would you let go?\u00a0 Ok, then when?<\/p>\n

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