Happiness like
success is very often misunderstood and too many people think that happiness is
a function of how much money you have.
Most people wrongly believe that if you make enough money, you can buy
happiness. I have had the experience of
pursuing money at the expense of everything else in my life and woke up one day
with a very empty life and no one to share my life with me.
Money will bring
temporary relief and instant gratification, but I can guarantee very little real
happiness. I have since expanded my
definition of success and what is required to be truly happy, to include far
more than merely a measure of how much money I could accrue or things I could
own. For me success is about discovering the things around you that bring
fulfillment and meaning into your experience and then inviting that fulfillment
and meaning into your life by taking inspired action every day. Life truly is a
journey of creation, growth and becoming.
Happiness is a
personal choice and not the product of anything outside of you.
Material things
can never have the power to make you happy in the long term. Real meaningful and sustainable happiness is
a function of the level of internal satisfaction you have. The path needed to
uncover this satisfaction, is paved with discovery, growth and consistent
creation. Stop looking for happiness in trinkets and external factors, which as
you know, bring comfort and enjoyment only in the moment, accept that they can
never bring any lasting happiness into your experience. Happiness is a choice, how happy you are is a
direct result of the amount of joy you allow yourself to experience. Happiness comes from within and as such you
have complete control over how happy you are or even if you feel any happiness
at all. The more meaning, fulfillment and contentment you bring into your life,
as you align yourself with your purpose and you stop focusing on yourself, the
more happy you will feel.
There may be
certain circumstances in your life right now, which seem difficult or
challenging. The secret to not to allow
these circumstances to overwhelm you and to steal your happiness and is best
achieve, when you have a crystal clear picture or vision of exactly what you
want in your future. This allows you to focus on all the possibility and
potential, which is available to you and to choose happiness. The external
factors can only rob you of your joy and happiness, if you lose focus and you
allow yourself to lose faith in your ability to deliver the future you have envisioned.
Believe in yourself and your potential, take inspired action daily, choose to
be happy and your life will unfold in a
bubble of joy. Your happiness is very specific to you and as such never allow
your happiness to depend on what someone else thinks you should be or have. Your
happiness must come from within and be fueled by your purposeful actions and
the deep rooted meaning you have in your life.
Action Idea: Gaze
into your future and get a crystal clear picture of exactly what you want to enjoy
in your future. Turn this into a written down vision, written in the present
tense. It must be filled with vivid pictures of what you will see, experience,
where you will be, who will be around you. Try to involve all your senses when
building the picture or vision you want to live. Feel the joy, happiness, sense
of purpose, meaning and fulfillment today.
Wake up every day
and before you even start your day focus on the feelings that your vision
invites into your experience. Repeat this a few times during day, feel the glow
of the success and fulfillment you will enjoy as many times as possible
throughout the day. Go to bed and as you start to dose off at night, focus on
this beautiful picture. This will allow you to percolate in your dream world
for the next 6 – 8 hours focusing on the positive experience you have
visualized in your magnificent future.
When creating
your dream lives focus on happiness and fulfillment as key factors, rather than
material or external empty gratification. Creating the life of your dreams does
not have to be trying, exhausting or draining. When you are living on purpose
and you have a clear picture of where you want to get to and a clearly defined
plan that will get you there, things will unfold and develop. When you truly believe in your success and
happiness, everything will effortlessly unfold and deliver your bliss.
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