I remember watching the movie starring Will Smith “The Pursuit of Happiness”. Chris Gardner is a salesman who was, at times, homeless. Eventually he worked his way into becoming a stockbroker. Is the premise of the movie that happiness is something to be pursued? Or maybe the idea is that poverty is a function of bad luck and bad choices, and success the result of heroic dreams?

I think that any life experience can turn into an opportunity for growth and we can make a choice to look for the positive side of it. In fact, our mind is the true source of happiness. You can look at any given situation and ask yourself:

• What’s the lesson here?
• How can I grow from this?
• What’s positive in this?

Asking those questions will help you have a positive attitude. If you approach that situation with a positive attitude it will not only make you happy, but it will also make people around you happy.

So what do you think about Chris Gardner? Did he make a choice to change his life and become happy or was it only good luck?