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3. Decide you'd rather be happy than right

Things happen, and even if you know you're right, choose to do what would make you happy in the moment. If letting the other person thinks she's right, is the way to end the problem, then so be it.

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1. Find compassion

Finding compassion for yourself or others is hard at first but in the long run, it's the only way to really heal.

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2. Erase the other person from the equation

Either way, you're hurt. Try not to think about the person who hurt you but try to think about the situation. Try to think about what happened without putting the blame on anyone and ask yourself these questions:

Why did this happen? How was I involved? Why did I attract this to myself...

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Forgive or Fester

The moment you decide to forgive and let your negative feelings melt away, you are on the road to freedom.

Forgiveness is all about taking care of you, not the person you need to forgive.

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1. Make Everyone Happy

If you tries to make everyone happy and do the things to make your all known happy, then immediately stop doing that. You do whatever but there will be someone who will not be happy from you and this makes you unhappy. Remember even content about God also have dislikes.

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  • The pursuit of happiness is a fallacy. You can be happy right now, at this moment.
  • There’s no end destination where you’ll finally catch up to the happiness train and ride it into the eternal bliss sunset.

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Who Must Decide What

You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people.

Do not make it contingent on their acceptance of you or their feelings for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if someone dislikes you or doesn’t want to be...

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