Be happy

Fortunately, I have friends, some I've known all or most of my life, who qualify for this #1 rule to happiness ... good, kind, principled, honest, loyal people who make the world a better place. One of the 10 rules to finding happiness:

1. Choose to be around the right people. – Spend time with nice people who are smart, driven and like-minded.  Relationships should help you, not hurt you.  Surround yourself with people who reflect the person you want to be.  Choose friends who you are proud to know, people you admire, who love and respect you – people who make your day a little brighter simply by being in it.  Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.  When you free yourself from negative people, you free yourself to be YOU – and being YOU is the only way to truly live.  Read Stumbling on Happiness.

It's not difficult to find these people ... they're all around us ... making us grateful for what they have added to our lives and making the world a better place.