{"id":60490,"date":"2011-06-07T20:23:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T20:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/?p=60490"},"modified":"2011-06-07T20:24:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T20:24:27","slug":"choose-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wholeliving\/2011\/06\/choose-happiness.html","title":{"rendered":"Choose Happiness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/files\/2011\/05\/ob1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60447\" title=\"Operation Beautiful Kindness\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/225\/2011\/05\/ob1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am a big fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/operationbeautiful.com\/\">Operation Beautiful<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/Galleries\/Operation-Beautiful-13-Images-That-Celebrate-Your-Beauty.aspx\">Operation Beautiful<\/a> is a positivity project that seeks to empower girls and women, through self-acceptance and love. \u00a0Operation Beautiful is also a book \u00a0from the same project, filled with uplifting and happy life tips.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s quote is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2010\/07\/Quotes-that-Celebrate-Inner-Beauty.aspx\"><strong>&#8220;Choose Happiness&#8221; <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I choose happiness today by:<\/p>\n<p>-Treating my body and soul with love and respect ( low impact exercise class and chocolate truffles ).<\/p>\n<p>-Giving away what I do not need.<\/p>\n<p>How to do you choose happiness daily?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">More on Happiness and Empowerment: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2009\/06\/Self-Love-Quotes.aspx\">Inspiration For Loving Yourself More<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/Self-Esteem-and-Self-Love.aspx\"> <\/a><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2009\/06\/Self-Love-Quotes.aspx\">Self-Esteem and Self Love<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a big fan of Operation Beautiful. 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