Most of us, if asked would probably agree “happiness” is
important. It is something we strive for and we feel like that we “deserve” it.
We have the best of intentions as we set about trying to make happiness happen.
Many books have been written discussing happiness, and have offered detailed
information on how to create or find happiness. There have been Happiness
Projects. In fact, I've read many of those books, and have been intrigued by
those who make happiness a project. It’s
all been helpful.
However, sometimes I wonder if I over think it. Does happiness
need to be pursued? Does it need to be a project?
Is it such a grand undertaking to pave the path to
happiness? And just how far away is it, anyway? Do we need a GPS that gives us
step-by-step directions?
I think that I've been chasing something that I don’t need
to chase. Maybe happiness is not the destination, but is something that quietly
simmers within each one of us. The GPS we should follow is our own- our God
Powered Soul- that which is omnipresent within each of us. We can just
be…happy.
The journey is the one within. We simply make the choice to
allow- to deeply allow happiness that is within each of us to emerge.
Like anything else- it’s up to us to allow it to be revealed,
right?
We can resist, we can deny, we can hang on to our
stories…the times we perceived we were denied that which we needed to be happy.
There can be emotional stragglers from our past taunting us that we are somehow
falling short of the mark. We can choose
to spew litanies to anyone who will listen about why we are not happy, or whose
fault it might be that happiness eludes us….but it’s not the real truth of the
matter.
The truth of the matter is that when we can sit quietly with
our thoughts- when we turn our direction within…our inner GPS…God Powered Soul
will illuminate the way… and the wells where happiness lives bubbles up to
nourish our body and our soul.
Here is a simple way we can connect to happiness.
Try it right now. Sit quietly, close your eyes and take
several slow deep breaths. Feel your
body relax. Allow any feelings, thoughts or emotions just rise up into your
awareness and gently float away. Know that this is a moment of peace.
Allow a color to come to your awareness….what color does
happiness look like to you?
Visualize that color. Allow it to fill your body….bathing the tips
of your toes to the top of your head…see that color of happiness swirl gently
around you…spreading out several inches from your body.
The color may change…it may morph from one hue to another.
It’s ok. Create your own mosaic…weaving
together a comforting quilt of colors in which to wrap around your sweet tender
self.
As new fresh space is created, the fountain of happiness settles
in, creating a new imprint of happiness that just is.
So true little Buddha
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