Live a Happy Life – What Does It Take?
Everyone has their own ideas about what it takes to live a happy life. The same is true for me. It is my deeply held belief that everything within and around us is a reflection of the content of our thoughts. Call it Law of Attraction, Universal Truth or positive thinking. Call it crazy talk, malarkey or New Age bullsh!t. Call it what you please, but I call it reality, so I’ll say it again. Everything within and around us is a reflection of the content of our thoughts. Do you know what that means?
It means that most of us have wasted too much time searching for answers in places they’ve never been. We all want to live a happy life, yet so many people see happiness as more of a ambition than a reality. The questions continue:
What does it take to be happy?
Why am I not happy?
Why can’t I be better looking/famous/rich so that I can be happy?
Is it really possible to be happy?
Why doesn’t happiness last?
Happiness- What’s the Answer?
Maybe most people miss the answers because they’re too busy chasing the illusions. So what’s the answer? What’s not the answer?
Money isn’t the answer to happiness. A rich and happy life is your destiny, but it’s absolutely not for sale. You choose abundance by choosing more of what feeds your Soul than what feeds your ego, more of what heals the planet than what rapes her of her resources, more of what keeps you grounded than what puts you on top, more of what connects you to others than what impresses others, more of what raises your vibration than what fits the status quo, more of what saves the world than what saves face.
It’s easy to feel like you need more “stuff” to be happy; but that’s an ego-based lie. It’s a illusory trap from which your thoughts can set you free. And freedom is oh so sweet.
The choices that make life worth living stem from deep within, a place where price tags hold no merit. This is the place where true luxuries reside—luxuries like compassion, confidence, empowerment and inner peace. When your thoughts turn in their direction, you know what it means to be truly rich and happy.
A new relationship isn’t the answer to happiness. We choose true love every time we choose kindness over judgment, trust over fear, acceptance over comparisons, understanding over lashing out. Yes, the quality of our relationships affects the quality of our lives. But the quality of our thoughts and choices make our relationships what they become.
If you’re lonely or you don’t have the healthy relationship you desire, begin healing the inner wounds that separate you from true love. Be more loving to yourself, focus on the joyful moments, nurture what’s good in your life and relationships. From this place, you choose happiness. And you’ll share that happiness with every person whose drawn in by your light—including Mr. or Mrs. Right.
Healthcare isn’t the answer to happiness. The world is full of sickness, a major source of unhappiness. But health is free. Every cell in your body responds to your thoughts. Do you know what that means? It means you have the potential to both create and heal every illness in existence.
We choose health every time we choose to respect our bodies, to quiet our racing minds, to eat from Mother Earth, to open our hearts and to follow our Inner Knowing. These choices tell our cells that we are a vibrational match to health…and so it is.
Yes, being unhealthy can make you unhappy. But you can choose the big combo: health and happiness. The next time your body aches, look at your thoughts before looking in your medicine cabinet. You may be surprised to find that YOU are the only cure you need.
Drugs and alcohol aren’t the answer to happiness. Life, in and of itself, provides the high of all highs. We choose that natural high every time we choose to let go of the past, to accept who we are, to appreciate all we have and to believe in where we’re going.
When life gets tough and you want to be “out of your mind,” maybe that’s exactly where you need to be: out of your mind. Your egoic mind that is. But addictive substances won’t take you there; they’ll only take you deeper into the illusions you want to escape.
You’ll never find happiness in a capsule, at the bottom of a glass, in the folds of a joint or even in the center of a bowl of ice cream. So, the next time your ego tries to drive you to a quick fix, pass the keys to your heart, gut and Higher Self. As your thoughts transform, you’ll wake up, smell the roses and see the Truth. You can’t get any higher than that!
Nea is a Life Transformation Coach who believes happiness should never be optional.
If you’re ready to live a happier, more fulfilling life and you want to know how Nea can help you overcome what stands in your way, contact her now or click the link here to learn more about life coaching
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