Choose Happiness! Talking About Green Lights.
Last week, our co-founders Alex and Dydine discussed their recent read, Green Lights by Matthew McConaughey. Through insightful reflection, McConaughey shares a summary of his life-changing philosophy by changing the way we interpret our surroundings and life events.
The first philosophy he shares is how we must look to greenlights, or positive signals in everyday life in order tocultivate our own happiness. The red and yellow lights in life slow us down and force us to consider our lives. Let’s just say, we will never look at traffic lights the same!
Reflecting on this book, Alex said, “I think it’s an important reminder for us to choose to be happy no matter what because that's something we have power over because things happen, you know, horrible things happened in life and in the world. But the way we respond to it, that's the most important.”
In fact, this is backed up by science: 90% of your long-term happiness is predicted not by the external world, but by the way our brain processes things. This gives us hope that no matter what 2021 throws at us next, we can make an active choice to choose happiness!
And with that, we hope that this serves as your daily reminder to think about how you respond to the world around you to choose happiness!