What is happiness? If it’s having a great feeling, what is it? Maybe it’s simply being less tormented by our thoughts..Is happiness the same as freedom? Being free from our own mind? Can we commit to always being happy and do we know what actually makes us happy? And how do we become truly happy? A lot of questions came to mind when I started to think about happiness.
I have come to realize happiness comes from a commitment to ourselves to be happy. If we have things in our mind and in our life that are clogged, it becomes hard to feel joyful. It was not until I started to truly practice compassion to the parts of myself that had been unresolved that I became happier. This did not happen overnight and I still practice this in my meditations. It is a skill and I find it needs to be over and over in order to become better at it. When I slowly started to respect myself and the world in a way where nothing had to be perfect, and when I fully accepted all parts of myself, the good and the not so desirable parts, was when things started to change. Not perfectly, but consciously.
Another part I became aware of was how I physically felt when I felt happy in comparison to when I wasn’t.. When I feel warmth and tingles in my body, and feel love for no reason, I know I’m happy. It’s also when I can feel my spirit move when something is real and true. Happiness makes you see beauty in every little detail, and at the same time appreciate what you got.
I know that just being ourselves, is enough to make this world a better place, but maybe we don’t always know how good it could be..so we wait, ignore and rationalize our lives to stay in what’s comfortable instead of exploring the steps to find how good it could be. Staying in the past or trying to manipulate the future are two ways that definitely makes a halt to finding happiness.
Sometimes I look back and try to remember when I’m the happiest and it always comes back to when I’m completely present and surrender to the universe and let it guide the way. When my mind is calm, things around me are calm. It’s when I am consciously aware of my contribution to this world. It’s when I show love to myself and others. It’s when I give and don’t expect anything in return. It’s when I feel respect, honesty and love for myself and all creatures of this world. It’s when I connect to nature. It’s when I sit with the feeling of despair, and trust that when I move through those feelings I’m safe, protected and loved.
I also feel happy when I accomplish a goal or when I see something beautiful, or see a change in this world. When we make steps to make life more joyful we change and inspire others, and isn’t that our purpose in this life?
Today’s Assignment;
Any time during the day you feel sad, stressed, angry, depressed, or annoyed, acknowledge it, do something physically. It could be to start jumping on one leg, smile at the first ten people you see, sing your favorite song, or something else that changes your current state. It works! If you do it long enough your mind, body & spirit starts to change!
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