I have dislodged my depression..

That's what it boils down to.

People keep telling me how great I look.. "What are you doing?" "Where did you go?" I've finally hit the 40 lb mark in my weight loss. I keep walking and exercising.. but I think the change is more internal than external.

I think I'm exuding a happiness I didn't have before. A happy-go-lucky attitude.. I've changed leaps and bounds from last year this time and people can tell.

The biggest thing I've done... Well.. I now feel worthy. How important is that? Think about it. Do you feel worthy? In which areas of your life do you not feel worthy?

I know that I get a physical feeling when I'm feeling unworthy.. I won't even try to describe it. But it's definitely a physical feeling.

How often do you let external factors decide how you feel? When people ask how your day is going, what do you say? I say, "AMAZING!". And it's true. Now that's not to say there are not daily bumps in the road to challenge my happiness. I work in customer service -- lol... enough said!

But. .if I'm living proof of anything.. it's that once you decide that YOU are the ONLY person who decides how you feel.. you will be.

Once you make a decision to be happy.. you will be.
Once you decide that you're amazing.. you will be (well.. you already are.. but your own perception of your self-worth is blocking your amazing-ness!)

Stop.. do an inventory of how you feel about yourself.
Look at your life.. do you see where those negative things are coming from?
Do you say things like: "If only ______, then I'd be happy."
That's bullshit -- be happy now.. and then _______ will come to you. You can't attract what you want if you don't feel worthy of having it.

Gosh.. it's so easy once you believe and udnerstand that you have all the power in the world over your own happiness!