Happiness – just open yourself up to it
We have all seen times in our lives when we want to call life unfair, stepping on our necks and tripping us up just as we begin to run.
To the pessimist, this becomes their conclusion and literal excuse for failing in life and stopping them from moving forward and upward as they should.
To the optimist, difficulties are seen as part of life’s challenge and method that allows us to learn along the way. That’s the seed providing growth that makes us enter toward a better future.
Some spend so much time anticipating the “bump in the road” that they totally miss out on the majority smooth ride that life from young to old can give us.
We have so much around us. There is so much, in fact, that we really are not capable of comprehending it all. There is simply too much to absorb. The joy that so many things can give us is totally missed.
Let’s look at just a few:
1. A promise from a friend.
2. A wagging puppy tail.
3. The fragrance of a lilac bush in bloom.
4. A colorful bird.
5. The clarity of water.
6. The taste of fresh blueberries.
7. A sunset.
8. A sunrise.
9. The sound of a loon.
10. A crackling camp fire.
11. etc, to infinity……………
Notice, not one of the suggested happy gifts that life can bring us costs money. The old saying that “true happiness in life is free” really does hold true.
I have known some very wealthy people in my time and I can also say, many of them were no where near to knowing what real happy feelings can be.
Remember, if you load yourself up with the many “got to have it” toys of life, you will have quite a load to bear as you go forward.
So, what is the key to being happy from the inside of you? Yes, from the very core of you.
1. Allowing it to surface and dwell inside of you for one.
2. Recognizing how little it takes to be happy.
3. Eliminate the restrictions that many of us place in front of us that will not allow the happy inside.
It is well known that misery is always looking for company and it will find you if you are open to it. It is also capable of destroying you if you let it.
Simply shut it out of your life and let the pure light of happiness shine through. It is something the same as opening the drapes on a sunny morning.
I promise it can be an instant feeling. It is also yours to have whenever you want it.