FOOD FOR THOUGHT - The Joy of Being Happy is a Naturally Who We Are

Nothing more need be said about the folks at DailyOM except sign up to their newsletter and sup on their missives that really do nurture the mind, body and spirit. Here's one of their gems about happiness - everyday spirtuality - that's my food for thought for today.

Happiness is a gift you must unwrap each day.

 

The Joy of Being



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You could be in high spirits and might wish to share your feelings of delight with others today. Relishing in the joy of being alive may be the reason for your carefree and happy mood. Perhaps you might simply stay present with your feelings today.

During the day you can notice where your sense of pleasure takes you. It may be the enjoyment of living in your body, the emotional sensations you feel, or the high you get from being with others. Try to remain present with whatever manifestation of your happiness arises.
When you are with other people you can remember these feelings and create the intention that they also share in the same joy. Not only may others be drawn to you but they may also be inspired to spread the mutual joyfulness you all feel to others.

Experiencing contentment in simply being alive is one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves. For so many of us, joy seems to be a guilty pleasure since we are often taught that happiness is something we get only if we work hard at it. Feeling happiness, however, is a natural part of who we are.

Savoring it makes us value it all the more. When we learn to accept this, it becomes natural to want to share it, for being happy with ourselves allows us to reach out to others with an open heart more easily. By delighting in who you are today, you will foster joy not only in yourself but in your community as well.

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Increase your Happiness - Use this Happiness Secret for 21 Days

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Because I feel I'm in a slump and am finding it difficult to let go - as usual - which I am being forced to again by circumstances as I have reached another level in my evolution, the Universe guided me to the wonderful Jo Dunning's site that I haven't visited for a while. I found one of Jo's Gems, the Happiness Secret.

This feels right as so much is not turning out as I expected and the only thing that's keeping me going is my daily gratitude list where I write down one thing each day for which I'm grateful or happy.

It's great to remember that we create our own happiness but I think, in fact I know, that we forget that, often. This is one way of showing love to your Self by pursuing this one simple act of jotting down quick notes about what makes you feel happy or grateful. This is not journaling, that's completely different.

You probably know but I'll repeat just in case. The 21-day duration is necessary as that is how long it takes to develop a new habit. Repetition rewires the brain.

I strongly advise that you to also check out Jo's The Wish Project.

Happiness Secret

If you would like to increase your level of happiness for the next 24 hours here is a simple little secret you can use that only takes 30 seconds.

The first thing when you wake up, write down 5 things that make you feel grateful or happy. This simple act will increase your happiness biochemistry for the next 24 hours! This gives you greater happiness, better problem solving, increased memory, greater insights, more energy and a much improved experience of life.  

If you are unable to write down the 5 things then just thinking about them will also help. Writing is more effective because it involves more of your senses and more brain activity than just thinking.

If you choose to use this Happiness Secret for 21 days in a row, it will increase your biochemistry for happiness and higher consciousness functioning for the next 6 months!

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT - What is The Golden Rule?

Call to ACTION Action - Assignment #33:
from Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today, Issue 343

This week’s assignment comes to you from the desk of Napoleon Hill. It is a great fit with the readings for this week, and good philosophical food for thought. Read on and then journal your responses, ideas, thoughts as you consider what Dr. Hill has to say to each of us below.

A suggestion:
Look around in your community and find some man who you know lives for the purpose of accumulating money. Find some man—and alas, you can find such men—for whom any amount of money is too little and no amount is too much.

He will almost certainly be a man who has little conscience about how he acquires his money, for conscience can be a hindrance when your horizon is nothing but a line of empty money bags to be filled.

Observe this man. Look for warmth in his soul; you will not find it, unless the subject of discussion is money. Watch for a warm, human welcome in his smile; you will not see it—he smiles like a shark. Notice how little he displays an enjoyment of life.

Oh, he may go through various expensive motions of enjoyment, but that is something else again. In the humane sense of the word, such a man is not really human. He is an automaton—a money-making machine. Yet many will envy that mechanical man. They will point to what they call his success.

Can there be success without happiness? Any really human person knows the two must go together as partners in a worthwhile life.

No man who thinks that happiness lies in having too much ever will be happy. No man can be truly happy until he translates the words of the Golden Rule into deeds, and shares happiness with others.

Moreover, the Golden Rule was not meant to be enforced like taxes. The sharing of happiness brings happiness when the sharing is voluntary, with no other object than to give. Source: Grow Rich! With Peace of Mind. Ballantine Books. 1996. Pg. 186.

WHAT IS THE GOLDEN RULE---REALLY?
by Napoleon Hill

WE SHOULD NOT content ourselves with the merest crumbs from life’s table, and we should not attempt to grab too much.

THE GOLDEN RULE often seems to act as a great leveler in assuring that this shall be so. It creates an ever-present spirit of kindly consideration for the needs and rights of others, so that without thought of gain (which so often is twisted by small minds into grabbing) the mind infused with the Golden Rule acquires a sense of what constitutes its own true ability to give.

GIVING BEGETS receiving: there is a to-and-fro passage of wealth which may not reflect itself in a swollen bank account, but does reflect itself in a mind which has known such wealth. In this lies happiness, peace and health which a man merely rich in money may never know.

Source: Grow Rich! With Peace of Mind. Ballantine Books. 1996. Pgs. 185 – 186 .

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Imagine a world free, happy, joyful

Can you imagine a world where everybody was free, happy and joyful, where everybody came from a place of generosity and giving freely without any strings attached? Can you just imagine this world?

It's almost impossible to imagine, it would be such a different place. Well, that's our work. That's what we're here to do. If enough of us can get to that level of consciousness, I believe the whole planet, would be transformed. Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Using Them As Your Excuse To Not Feel Good

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Tell everyone you know: "My happiness depends on me, so you're off the hook." And then demonstrate it.

Be happy, no matter what they're doing. Practice feeling good, no matter what. And before you know it, you will not give anyone else responsibility for the way you feel -- and then, you'll love them all.

Because the only reason you don't love them, is because you're using them as your excuse to not feel good. ~Abraham

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Participate In Activities You Enjoy

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We discover that our individual limitations reach far beyond the boundaries we had previously assigned to ourselves when we immerse ourselves vigorously in the activities that energize and excite us. 

It is when we participate in pursuits we enjoy that we are most willing to extend ourselves physically, emotionally, and intellectually. Because we have little fear of failure—as we recognize that mistakes and mishaps are natural aspects of individual growth—we dedicate our bodies, minds, and souls to the challenges before us. 

We feel good knowing that we are reaching past the borders of our comfort zones with some degree of success, and are thus encouraged to continue our explorations. 

You will feel strong and accomplished today as you push yourself past the arbitrary limits that once held sway over your conduct. —DailyOM

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Happiness is Something You Want to Feel All The Time

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Everyone holds a mix of opinions, beliefs, and expectations on a myriad of subjects.

When you give your attention to something, that Vibration becomes activated and comes to the forefront.

And the more often you focus upon it, and cause it to come to the forefront, the more dominant it becomes.

You have the option of making a good-feeling aspect of another person dominant in your Vibration or of making a bad-feeling aspect dominant, and whatever aspect you regularly choose will become the Vibrational basis of your relationship.  

When your happiness becomes your highest priority, and so you deliberately keep active the best-feeling aspects of others, you will train your Vibrational frequency in such a way that they will not be able to rendezvous with you in any way that does not feel good when it happens.

The only way for anyone to be consistently happy is to understand that the feeling of happiness is simply about alignment with the Source within. 

When you are in your Vortex of Creation, you are lined up with all-that-you-have-become and with everything that you have asked for. There simply is no substitute for that alignment.
—Abraham

This is 16 of 32 practical expanded quotes excerpted from Abraham’s new Getting into the Vortex Guided Meditation CD and User Guide that will be available everywhere on Nov. 15, 2010.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Connecting With Your Inner Being

Food for thought today is about the importance of connecting with your Inner Being. 

Keep in mind that a belief is a thought that you think over and over until you anchor it in your subconscious which is all to the good. 

Unfortunately, most of us humans grow up in environments which foster negative thoughts and habits.

Dr Douglas Fields explains how easy it is to create a belief in A Novel Way to Improve Memory:

The first rule of learning is repetition. Repeating something over and over, as you did to learn your multiplication tables, moves memory from temporary short-term storage into permanent long-term memory. This is because the brain views something that is encountered repeatedly as more likely to be important to the person (or animal) in the future.

Abraham-Hicks say:

If you make your relationship with your Inner Being your top priority, and you deliberately choose thoughts that allow your alignment, you will consistently offer the greatest advantage to the others with whom you interact. Only when you are aligned with your Source do you have anything to offer another.

If your behavior is influenced by your desire to keep another person happy, you will lose your Connection to your Source. And it is not possible for you to be happy unless you are in alignment with your Source. Without that alignment, you have nothing to offer another.

Our daily meditation process will help you to consistently release resistance and to come into alignment with the power and clarity and love that is really who-you-are—and then anyone who you hold as your object of attention will benefit.

Rather than attempting the impossible task of trying to behave in ways that please others, show them the ease of finding your consistent alignment. You will always find happiness inside your Vortex. And the happiness that they are seeking is inside their Vortex. —Abraham

This is 12 of 32 practical expanded quotes excerpted from Abraham’s new Getting into the Vortex Guided Meditation CD and User Guide that will be available everywhere on Nov. 15, 2010.

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Identify Your Hidden Agenda and Get Free

Forgiveness by Carlos Latuff

There is no such thing as coincidence. We all know that, don't we.

I was fired for standing up to the boss which is the first (the firing) in my adult life after 30 plus years in the working world and I feel belittled.  

So, as I work on freeing myself from my own mental bondage i.e. the propensity to lie (exaggerate), point fingers and needlessly justify myself in order to feel good morally, useful information is coming my way on how to get free, which by the way I did not know I needed until they appeared!

 

"You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love." —Henry Drummond

It is far too easy to blame others needlessly in order to feel good but that is because it is all we know and so our egos prime the pump for action. Time for me to change that; how about you.

Wasting time and energy takes us nowhere pleasant. Take a tip and learn from one of the better teachers out there. Meditation is key here and as I am learning every day, freedom is inside of you.

Ed and Deb Shapiro's article excerpt highlights how to identify your hidden agenda and get free:

In order to determine what is driving our own hidden agendas, we can ask: Are we motivated by kindness, forgiveness or generosity, or by judgment, blame or grasping? Are we making someone else seem wrong in order for us to appear right? Are we ignoring or dismissing someone, or are we genuinely concerned?

Forgiveness by Carlos Latuff

"By and large, the mind always looks out critically and deals with external events, but rarely bothers about itself.

Therefore, we have to give it new instructions.

Up to now, you have dealt with what's going on outside; that's well and good, but now the time has come to explore within," writes the Dalai Lama in the foreword to our book, "Be the Change."

"In doing so, we also have to make an effort to restrain the way our thoughts follow memories of the past and speculations about the future. We need to find the space between such thoughts, which, like the water deep in the ocean, remains clear and undisturbed even though there may be waves on the surface." 

—Ed and Deb Shapiro (from What the Dalai Lama taught us about transforming the negative mind) – well worth a read or three. 

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Do You Have To Be Nuts To Be Happy?

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More good news with a different slant and I can't keep it till next weekend so... I'm continuing the happiness trend from my last post And Happiness Is... 

Here's more from Tony Deyal's superbly funny article. He says that since he no longer contributes to the GDP (ex-journalist), as a humorist he is contributing to the GNH (gross national happiness).

GNH is a termed coined in Bhutan and I quote...GNH goes beyond GDP and is based on the view that beneficial development of human society takes place when material and spiritual development occur side by side to complement and reinforce each other. 

The four pillars of GNH are the promotion of sustainable development, preservation and promotion of cultural values, conservation of the natural environment, and establishment of good governance. end quote

One person's happiness is another person's pain is how the stories go:

A Cat in 7th Heaven

Image by ~FreeBirD®~ via FlickrA cat died and went to heaven. God met her at the gates and said, You have been a good cat all these years. Anything you want is yours for the asking. 

The cat thought for a minute and then said, All my life I lived on a farm and slept on hard wooden floors. I would like a real fluffy pillow to sleep on.  

God said, Say no more. Instantly the cat had a huge fluffy pillow. 

A few days later, six mice were killed in an accident and they all went to heaven together. God met the mice at the gates with the same offer that he made to the cat. 

The mice said, Well, we have had to run all our lives from dogs, cats and even people with brooms! If we could just have some little roller skates, we won't have to run again.  

God answered, It is done. All the mice had little beautiful roller skates.

About a week later, God decided to check on the cat. He found her sound asleep on her fluffy pillow. God gently awakened the cat and asked, Is everything okay? How have you been doing? Are you happy? 

The cat replied, Oh, it is wonderful. I have never been so happy in my life. The pillow is so fluffy, and those little Meals on Wheels you have been sending over are delicious!

A Frenchman, an Englishman, and an Iranian Define True Happiness

Image by Swamibu via FlickrThe Englishman said, True happiness, my friends, is rising early on a frosty autumn morning, getting on top of a good horse, and galloping off behind the hounds in pursuit of the fox.

A hard ride over fields and fences and rivulets until the fox is brought down. A ride back with the ears and the tail and then sitting before a roaring fire with a glass of good port. Ah, that is true happiness.

The Frenchman said,  That is not true happiness. That is merely animal pleasure. True happiness is meeting with the love of your life, having an intimate meal in a top-notch restauran with champagne, and then retiring to a wonderful hotel room where you can make frantic and impassioned love all night long. Ah, that is true happiness.

The Iranian said, That is not true happiness. That is merely a good time. True happiness comes when you are sitting in your apartment after a hard day, reading an underground newspaper that has been smuggled to you and checking the Internet for news about the dissidents and where the next protest against President Ahmadinejad will be held. 

Then there comes a knock at the door. Three agents from the Secret Service, the Mukhabarat, come storming in and ask Ardashir Khayyam? and you say, He lives in the apartment upstairs. Ah, that is true happiness.

 

The Shirt of a Happy Man

A king had fallen into a deep depression and could not be roused from his melancholy. His chancellor tried all kinds of remedies including wine, women and song. Nothing worked. 

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeFinally, a wise man from the east, after consulting the ancient texts and looking at the astrological charts, decreed that the only solution would be for the King to wear the shirt of a happy man.

The king's servants searched far and wide and, according to a poem by John Hay, they finally found a beggar who was whistling, singing and rolling in the grass with gaiety. This is our man, the courier said. Our luck has led us aright.

I will give you a hundred ducats, friend, for the loan of your shirt tonight. The merry blackguard lay back on the grass and laughed till his face was black. I would do it, God wot, and he roared with the fun.

But I haven't a shirt to my back.

And there ends Tony Deyal's Happiness Is. 

So, do you have to be nuts to be happy? YES, absolutely! And even that is subjective. However, you are going against the accepted version of so-called reality, so keep it between you and the door post. 

Be you. Be authentic in all you say and do and in how you live. That is your route to real happiness and the drama it brings. 

And what is YOUR version of true happiness, Dear Reader? Do comment and let me know.

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Joy Is Delicious Living!

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Joy is delicious living!
I do not think about joy or happiness  much and certainly not like this until I read Judith Rich's exquisitely delicious Happiness is Overrated.

I strongly suggest that you read and reread the article. And by the way, all quotes in this post are from Judith Rich's article.

"Happiness is a by-product of being aligned with one's spirit, living with an open heart, and expressing one's authentic passion." 

You know, we go along to get along and I certainly did for many many years even though I hated it. It was during a time when I thought the problem was "me". 

Trying to conform 

It was "me" in a way because I was trying to conform after being constantly criticised for being "contrary and different".

It was painful and wearisome and I used to have flashes of brilliance like the sun suddenly pouring down through a break in the grey clouds – when I knew that something was off with "them" but did not know what.

Of course, the me and them feelings were negative and constantly set off adversarial conflicts. So I had to learn the hard way to take responsibility for it all, work on myself, peel back the layers, and let go. That took decades of course and this work will never be finished but that is just fine.

"We only cling to the idea of happiness because we fear we might not have it again. In our clinging, we miss the very moment of its ripeness, the mystery of its colors, its fragrance, its delicacy, the very thing itself." 

I do not care anymore

Now, I am at a point where I do not care anymore and by that I mean, I feel so damn good, glorious sometimes really even though I feel sad about severing the tenuous links with my birth family.

I am making fabulous new friends and have "fallen" into a job I was not seeking and although it is a steep learning curve, it is just great.

Feeling happiness and being joyful

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What does all of this have to do with joy and happiness? 

Well, I feel happy at my new job which is 100 percent communication, and being with new friends. I do not say I am happy because that does not sound right or make sense to me.
Happiness is an emotion and fleeting.

"...happiness is elusive, like a butterfly that lights on your shoulder. It's there for a moment and then gone. Try to capture it and you'll damage its wings, rendering it incapable of flying."

I am joyous deep down and feel sad at the necessary severing of ties with family (familiar)  strangers.

Outside of my comfort zone

I know it is right for me and I feel really good about it now that I understand one of the "whys" of being back here in the Caribbean which I had resisted with all of my considerable might; fighting Infinite Intelligence wastes so much time eh!

I love my new marketing job as a sales representative. It is so far outside of my comfort zone and yet, I enjoy communicating so much!

One doesn't pursue joy. Joy is a deeper state than happiness, not dependent upon external circumstances for its ability to be experienced and felt. 

Joy is what you feel when you've told your deepest truths, even if those truths make you feel sadness in the telling. 

Joy is present in loss as well as in fullness. Joy is knowing that you have not compromised your self, that you've lived up to your own standards of honesty and integrity. 

Joy is knowing that you've made somebody else's life a bit easier, that you've loved well, that you've looked your fear in the face and had the courage to do what you needed to do anyway. 

From Judith Rich's Happiness is Overrated – all quotes taken from her article and if they don't entice you to read the article, I don't know what will! Joy is delicious living, get to work living the soul journey.

One final tasty morsel from Dr Judith Rich's article: "Joy is a state born out of being at peace with yourself. Want to be joyful? Settle old scores and don't be attached to how it comes out. Let the other guy win. Finish your unfinished business. Don't leave any dangling participles behind. Clean up your act."

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It Is Time To Bury The Past!

Here are some instructive words from the fabulous Tom Ferry about happiness and letting go. Do read the entire article Are you addicted to the past?

Simple and effective ways to let go, be authentic and ergo, be happy now not tomorrow or next year. Bury the past NOW - let it go!

Cleaning up the past is the simple action of facing it. Tom Ferry

If your happiness isn't the reason to let go of your past, think about your family, your spouse, partner, boyfriend, girlfriend, children and friends. How have the events from your past impacted them? 

How you behave and act is what your kids will grow up emulating. By continuing to hold onto the past, not only are you destroying your own life, you are crushing the lives of all of those around you. 

If you choose to go down a path that is stuck in how your life used to be, the people around you will go down that path too. Here's an exercise to help you zero in on how the past is impacting your life.

• Write down a list of every person you feel you've wronged.

• Write down a list of every person you own an apology to.

• Make a list of everyone you feel has wronged you.

• Write down a list of every person you feel you deserve an apology from.

If you want to be free from you past, let all of the people you named in the above exercise know how you feel. More times than not, you may be surprised that they have no idea what you're talking about. 

What made an indelible impression on you, turned out to be meaningless or of little concern to that other person. They simply had no clue you've been holding on to all of that negative emotion which ultimately weighed you down with self-created images of something that may or may not have happened.

The people who are really suffering and held up by their addiction to the past are those who cannot or choose not to see things for what they are. They only see their breakdowns, mediocrity and failures and relate them to those in the past. 

The benefit of freeing yourself from the past is that you will finally see things as they really are and not the perception of how you thought it was. 

Remember the past is over. You are reliving it in your mind and recreating it in your life, right now. Get over it! It is time to bury the past people.

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Life Is Just About Loving: Get Started Loving Today

The thought for today is about love; the global (compassion) kind and the love for that special someone.

I'm thinking about love because of this luscious man that I unexpectedly met and quite by chance too since I definitely wasn't looking; I have enough on my plate as it is.

Life is about loving

I have been thinking about the world of complications he's going to bring into my life right now. And as I sat pondering, I decided to surf his Facebook page  and something shifted right then. 

I don't know what exactly but I saw a photo of his sister and with that came the realisation that life is just about loving. There are no hard and fast rules here. We mess it up lots of times but you know what, it does not matter!

So we fucked up, big deal. So it's not what we thought, so what! The only choice we have is to live the hand we are dealt; there is always something there for us. 

Love self first

We are all here to learn and love, ourselves first and foremost and then the rest because if we cannot love ourselves, nobody sure as hell is gonna love us. 

We meet people along the way who hurt us, maybe even hate us, denigrate us, disrespect us, and all that sort of stuff and what we must take from it is this – we are here to experience the divine in the flesh.

And when we surface from the bracing cold of wintery experiences, we shake ourselves off, warm up and move on.

Stuckness = more growth

Sometimes we seem to stay stuck (forever) but this stuckness brings us more "goodies" in the form of evolutionary growth material. Sure it's violently painful at times and often, we feel more like we are drowning instead of treading in deep waters. 

But we do make it through when we stop resisting and allow ourselves to embrace the pain (as I know all too well). Everything then (bizzarely) sort of slips into place. Growth doesn't get any better than that.

Stop searching for happiness

Life doesn't get any better than this. So stop this nonsense about searching for happiness. Happiness is internal not external. When you get it you try to trap it thereby forcing its premature departure. 

Enjoy what you are doing now, if you can't love it. Be grateful for what you have and where you are right now. Better yet, go find what you love to do even if it's a hobby and get started loving today!

Have a wonderful day people.

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How Do We Get Happy – By Living The Soul Journey

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How do we get happy? We become by doing what we love. We get happy through living the soul journey.

It is that simple and yet most of us have such difficulty getting there for all sorts of dumb reasons; like Yours Truly!

and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do—
determined to save
the only life you could save. 

Mary Oliver, The Journey

Because I am on this soul journey, I know without a shadow of a doubt that what the soul yearns for is not happiness; although many people are actively seeking it which I do not understand.

No, what the soul desires is fulfillment of its needs and we die a slow death when they remain unfulfilled. That's a lotta zombies out there people! Do you intend to join them?

I empathise most with children, and adolescents and teens in particular who feel this yearning so deeply and so powerfully but they are stifled by the demands of adults; unable to express themselves.

Their brilliance is snuffed out through ignorance and far too many end up self-destructing because of it! We have to end this!


Feeling your soul's desires and having them fulfilled is what we are all here to do. When we follow the dictates of others and ignore our soul's yearning, the life we end up living – if you can call it that – is perfectly described in the song lyrics below. Leona Lewis does a beautiful job.

It's a poem, a dirge, a cry from the heart and a yearning from the soul. So here's to celebrating living the soul journey.

HAPPY

(lyrics by Leona Lewis et al)

Someone once told me

That you have to choose

What you win or lose

You can't have everything

Don't you take chances

You might feel the pain

Don't you love in vain

Cause love won't set you free

I could stand by the side

Watch this life pass me by

So unhappy

Safe as could be

Holding on tightly

Just can't let it go

Just trying to play my role

Slowly disappear

But all these days 

They feel like they're the same

Just different faces

Different names

Get me outta here

But I can't stand by the side

And watch this life pass me by

Pass me by

So what if it hurts me

So what if I break down

So what if this world just throws me off the edge 

My feet run out of ground

I gotta find my place

I wanna hear my sound

Don't care about all the pain in front of me

I'm trying to be... happy

 

So many turns that I can't see

Like I'm a stranger on this road

But don't say "victim"

Don't say anything

So what if it hurts me

So what if I break down

So what if this world just throws me off the edge 

My feet run out of ground

I gotta find my place

I wanna hear my sound

Don't care about all the pain in front of me

I just wanna be... happy

I just wanna be... happy

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. -Mary Oliver

This is what we are all aiming for whether we know it or not, whether you agree with me or not. And it does not matter how long it takes either; you have to take this soul journey. It is why you are here!

Are you living a soul journey? What obstacles are you putting in your way that create challenges, and how do you handle them? I look forward to your comments.

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Happiness Is Achievable But Do You Even Know How To BE Happy?

This is my good news day and it is all about the pursuit of happiness. Do you want to be happy? Sure, you'll say emphatically and happiness is achievable; I can assure you of that.

You have to love what you do and if you do not think you know, then it is time to experiment and find out!  As you will discover, you knew all along, didn't you.

Now, do you know how to be happy? Bet the second question got you, didn't it. With all the pursuit of happiness out there which I don't buy, here's the happiness quotient from much wiser minds and very connected people.  Watch now and learn how:

Matt Weinstein: What Bernie Maddoff couldn't steal from me (humour and perspective pays)

Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses) This guy's story is incredible.

Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

Tim Ferriss (the 4-hour workweek guy): Smash fear, learn anything 
(what's the worst that could happen?) 

I believe that happiness is a choice; we forget that and we unintentionally sabotage ourselves because of habits we have learned. Make the change today; do what you have to do and make the parts you don't like a habit as Bob Proctor suggests; that way won't have to think about it (or moan about it).

Dr Cara Barker gives you a good talking to in How to be happy: Are you being too mean to yourself? Take the Challenge she lays down and make it work for you.

I sincerely hope that a word or phrase or subject in the videos pushes you and excites you in some way to help you find your way. Much love to y'all.




Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.  ~Author Unknown

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Sow Your Happiness Seed and Sink Into The Stream of Consciously Being

Life is supposed to be simple yet we make it so complicated! Unlimited prosperity and abundance - love, family, friends, money, job, the works - is our natural right and yet we insist on cultivating a lack mentality because we've been brainwashed with shouldn't, mustn't, couldn't and have to's.

Loving what you do is essential for a happy, healthy and fulfilling life.  Passion, drive and verve is all you need to sow your happiness seed. But when you work at a job just to earn your daily bread, that's hard. Your mental and physical well-being depend on your liking what you do.

Find ways of seeing your job differently in order to get a sense of satisfaction from it. And it is well done, otherwise you wouldn't still have a job!

One way is to focus exclusively on what you're doing instead of just going through the motions. That means hands, eyes, heart and mind all pulling in the same direction.

Life is supposed to be fun. Watch how children play and interact with those around them. Learn from people around you or join a group that encourages the child in you to play. Join a laughing club.

Take a good, long look at your face in the mirror every morning, and smile. Give those facial muscles a workout. Practise every day until it feels natural. Smile!


As you sink into the stream of consciously Being, everything starts flowing in the right direction for you. The secret is that the stream was there all along. When you relax and surrender, you tune into the flow with effortless effort.


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3 Tips on How Choosing Happiness Now Would Enhance Your Life

David Morelli of the Kristin and David Morelli Everything is Energy Radio Show disseminated this information in their latest newsletter and I just had to share it.

It's a no-brainer really. Tips on how choosing happiness now, no matter what's going on, would enhance your life. Especially when you think life sucks!

1. Surround Yourself With Humor. Literally.
   Laughter is one of the strongest energy movers. Call a friend who knows how to make you laugh (but not one who will join in your ‘pity party’ – this was key for me!). Rent a funny movie or go to a comedy club to get out of your anxious or unhappy mindset. Surf YouTube for entertaining videos (did you see the one of me dancing?!)… Seems too simple? It is.
    
   
   

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