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 doze 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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