{"id":6822,"date":"2012-01-18T02:02:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T09:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/?p=6822"},"modified":"2012-01-18T14:03:39","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T21:03:39","slug":"hugh-macleod-i-found-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/hugh-macleod-i-found-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh MacLeod – I Found Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n“Sometimes being happy is just a choice. It’s just what you look for every day. In your work, in love, in friendships. <\/p>\n

It’s really about how you view your place on earth. You look for joy, and that’s what you’ll find.<\/p>\n

We all know people who make the ‘other’ choice. Nothing is good enough. They find fault everywhere. Their default mode is discontent.<\/p>\n

For a lucky few, they eventually reach the abyss. The point at which being confronted with the dire-ness which is their life, becomes transformative.<\/p>\n

Instead they choose joy.<\/p>\n

Everything becomes better.<\/p>\n

It takes nothing more than changing an attitude. <\/p>\n

Today, take the hand of someone who you think should choose differently.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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