Today’s lesson in happiness.
Happiness comes from the inside. Many people chase the latest and the greatest things to come around and that’s a good way to stay on top of the world around you. But sometimes the latest and the greatest can knock you off course. For example let’s say you are feeling really frustrated and you want to take control of your life, so you hear of a new CD set that will “Change your life forever”, It states that all you have to do is listen for the next 30 days and you will be free of all that frustration. Wow, sounds great! So you run out and buy it and 30 days later…. You’re even more frustrated because you spent $79 on this stupid CD set that didn’t work.
Sometimes the best plan of attack is to keep things simple. I know what you’re saying, how can it get any simpler than listening to a CD set? It doesn’t, but what the CD set doesn’t have is a plan of action and when I say simple, I mean just take back control of your life. Don’t make it a hard long dragged out process, simply go back to the basics and start over. WHAT START OVER, NOOOOO! Don’t worry when you start back at the beginning, things will fall into place really fast, your growth has memory! So just look and feel to see what’s going on inside of yourself and you will discover the cause of your set back and you can deal with it from the inside out, not the outside in. Never go outside of yourself to find the root of a problem, always look inside and find the solution, it’s there if you just go back to the basics, make a plan and take action to resolve whatever it is that’s got you stuck.

Today’s lesson in happiness.
Become the observer. In order to understand the changes we want to make in our lives, we first have to understand the things we would like to change about ourselves. Begin by paying attention to your behavior. What do you do that blocks your happiness? For many years, I use to say the words: That wasn’t very good, now was it?” Yea, this was real empowering. When I discovered this one small part of my behavior, it was like a ton of bricks were taken off of my back and I got really excited! I started searching for other bricks that I could remove from my path, so I could get that dump truck off my back (Yes, I have a lot of bricks, HA, HA).
As it turns out the simple act of observing, has become one of my most powerful tools for creating happiness. When I’m observing my thoughts and behavior, I do it from a third party perspective. I get my heart to throw a party and I invite my brain so I can watch it like a hawk! You know how the brain is, if you don’t watch it, you never know what it will do. It picks up bad habits, tells you that you’re not good enough, finds ways to block your progress, and it finds all kinds of things to make you feel like $#@&%&#. You get the idea. If left alone the brain can be your biggest road block. Becoming the observer allows you to keep the brain in check, to take control of your own mind. I know, I know, at first I was nervous too, thank goodness that now, I just weird (LOL).
Observe your body movements also, stay relaxed and calm through your movements. As I scan my body there are a few things that I look for. How do my shoulders feel? Are they tight and high up on my neck or are they relaxed and below my neck? What are my hands doing? Are they always moving, trying to find something to do, like shaking a pencil or fumbling with something. Or maybe my hands are tight, their balled up in a fist or maybe they’re stiff. What about my feet? When I’m sitting are they always moving, like I’m running a one legged race? Do I curl my toes? Am I relaxed when I walk or am walking like I have a strait jacket on? Ok, when you get that picture of me in a strait jacket out of your mind and stop laughing at me, I have one more point.
You are in control of your own life, how do you want to live it? Do you want more happiness, joy, love, compassion, excitement, adventure, romance? Then observe your behavior and begin to make the changes you desire and you will begin to create the life you want to live and one of the side effects is more happiness! Now that my friends is a side effect I can live with.
Until the next time, smile long, laugh hard and be joyful!

What do you do when your in pain?

Yesterday I went to Va. because I was in so much pain. While I was at Va. I met a man that was getting ready to have brain surgery, I gave him one of my Smile and a Wave Day wrist bands and told him that when he needed a lift, to play with the wristband and to see the word smile and it would remind him that life is good and to smile. When I got home I got on facebook and asked for emergency laughter to help me deal with my pain! It’s funny how the universe hears what you ask for. I had some friends send me laughter and then today I receive this e-mail.
Evening Eddy Tom was very glad to meet you at the hospital and enjoyed the bracelet tremendously, he wanted me to inform you that he would be in the hospital April 14 for surgery and would very much enjoy your company. Sincerely yours Shawn (Toms care giver)
Life is very rewarding when you ask for what you need! I needed some happiness, I asked for it and look at how I was rewarded. When you need something in your life ask for it and help someone who needs the same thing, then allow what you asked for, to find its way to you.

Helping someone to believe!

Yesterday I went to downtown Miami to see if I could help make a difference in the lives of people that were there to go to court. None of us like to go to court, unless we’re on the winning side of course, LOL. Needless to say I saw a lot of sad faces. I set up a stand and on that stand was a sign that said; “Ask Me Why”. Many people passed me by a puzzled look on their face, others pretended I wasn’t even there. But there were some that asked said; “OK, Why”

That’s all I was waiting for! To the people that stopped I said; “Because I get to meet amazing people like you that will take the time to ask a stranger, a simple question like why. Now I have the opportunity talk with you and share a few moments with someone I have never met and most important we get to share a smile!” Most stayed and talked, but there is one that I really would like to tell you about. He was in a hurry and didn’t stay very long. And as he rushed off he thanked me for helping him to smile and to be happy for just a moment.

About 5 minutes later he rides up on his bicycle a big smile on his face, he’s really excited, full of energy and he’s talking so fast I almost couldn’t understand him. This is what he said; I can’t believe it right after I talked to you, I was thinking that maybe I should see more of what’s good in life, not what’s wrong. Then my phone rang and it was my old boss! I got my Job back! Man was he happy! This is the power of the smile, this is the power of searching for the good in life. Thank you all for joining with me to bring the power of the smile to the world! I am very excited to be a part of this Happiness Movement and will do everything in my power share the power of the smile with the world. Please visit the Happiness Community on my website: hppt://www.smileandwaveamerica.com

Out of Gas!

So I ran out of gas (yes dumb move) at a CVS. I have no idea how I’m going to get to the gas station. My wife was at home feeling sick, so she had her phone turned off. I started asking people for a ride to the gas station. Yea, right I’m in Miami! Two young girls in a Honda drive by and I wave my arms like a mad man, they stop and roll down the window. So I ask them if they can give me a ride, the driver tells me that she has her son in the back and that she’s sorry that she can’t help me. I thanked her and said maybe I’ll walk home, my wife is there and she’s not feeling well, so she’s not answering the phone. The driver asks me if I live close by and I told her that I live about 10 blocks away. To my surprise she offers to go to my house and tell my wife that I ran out of gas! Both girls looked nice and I felt I could trust them, so I gave them my phone number, so they could call me when they got close to the house and I could guild them in. They found the house, knocked on the door and told my wife what happened. I talked to my wife and she thanked them and came and got me. There are still a lot of nice people out there that are willing to help! The driver found a way to help me and keep her son safe. They asked me not to share their names, but I would like to thank them for being so kind!

The UCW Radio Show Features The Happiness Coach Eddy Rodriguez

The UCW Radio Show Features The Happiness Coach Eddy Rodriguez

This is my radio interview on UCW Radio with host Louis Velazquez! To the right of my article look up the name Eddy Rodriguez then click and play the interview. If you click anywhere else you will get another interview.

A time to heal. Can you Digg it.

Almost a year ago I found myself at a crossroad, although I seemed completely healed I knew that I needed some time.

Time to heal my heart from my daughter's death and time to heal my brain from my cerebral hemorrhage. When my daughter died I felt numb and to feel something I threw myself into my work thinking that it would get better if I kept myself busy and pretended to be ok. Well I was wrong. Then when I had my hemorrhage the doctors told my wife to call the family because I was going to die that night.



You know its funny how sometimes words that are so negative can turn out so positive. Those words are what gave me the strength to fight. How the hell could I die after what just happened with my daughter? What would happen to my family? I was not about to put my family through 2 deaths in a span of 4 months. My daughter was always on my mind but my focus now had to be healing myself so that I wouldn't cause my family any more pain than they already had. I could barely walk and my speech was just as bad, but somehow I had to appear strong and normal for my family.



It was a 2 and a half year struggle to act as if my brain was thinking properly, when in fact, it was a tangled mess. I pulled it off really well, everybody thought I was just fine, but the reality was that I had to fight for every thought. I finally reached a point where I couldn't hold it together any more. I would find myself crying when I would talk about my daughter and this is when I knew I had to pull back and heal. I had already been working on Smile and a Wave Day for a little while, but I knew that it could be bigger than just me running around getting people to sign a petition to get it put on the calendar.



So I pulled back to fix a broken me. To give myself the time I never took to heal my heart. As I held the intention to heal, I also held the intention to revamp myself into someone that would really make a difference in the world. I was tired of being the guy that had great intentions, but, didn't know what to do with them. Pulling back was the best thing I could have ever done. My heart still aches for my daughter but I am better able to channel it into something positive and as far as my intention to revamp myself into someone who will make a difference in the world I will let my website do the talking for me. Sometimes when you're in the middle of a battle you just need to pull back and heal in order to win, because if you don't and just continue the fight you get tired and give up. My motto is never give up, never surrender



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