Raising Personal Standards for a Happier Life

Every year, self-help gurus publish a seemingly unlimited number of articles, books and blog posts about how to live a better life. I suppose all of us find  a few articles that really hit home for our particular situations, that give us an epiphany about  our own lives and behaviors. This blog post provided me with one of this year's many  aha moments. Sometimes  we get used to living a certain way, accepting certain situations, or doing things the same way  over and over again. In cognitive therapy, they refer to it as "automatic thoughts." Sometimes I think the problem lies not so much with the actual situation you find yourself in, but the way you act and think in regards to it. Thinking and acting differently will change the results you get, raise your vibrations and set about a chain of events that will raise your standards before you even realize it.