Often times I hear my family or friends say to me, "I'll be happy when I have a boyfriend/girlfriend". Or "I'll be happy when I have a better job or more money". Sure, it's great to want more for your life and to have that special someone. But what happens when your happiness is dependent on a future event occurring, that may never occur? Will you ever be happy??
Eckhart Tolle wrote a wonderful book, "The Power of Now". In his book, he talks about this exact situation and how it is preventing you from living your optimal life full of happiness, love, gratitude, and well-being. If you are always waiting for a million dollars to be happy, how are you going to be happy RIGHT NOW? The mind constantly stressing, hoping, wanting, needing more, more, more is not going to bring you happiness. It's up to you to make a conscious effort to find your happiness within.
Research has shown that strong emotions can cause changes in the biochemistry of the body and within your cells. Negative thinking, long term unhappiness, sadness, and stress all create dis-ease in the body. This unbalancing effect in your energy field and build up of congested energy over time will become a physical manifestation in your body which translates into an illness or disease. Unhappiness spreads more easily than a physical disease!
On the opposite side of the spectrum, love, joy, peace, and gratitude are deep states of being that can create balance in your energy field and improve your overall health. It is time to start finding happiness in the life you are living NOW. Whatever the present moment contains, ACCEPT it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Be grateful for all the amazing things you DO have in your life instead of focusing on what you don't have. Start smiling at everything you see! Even things you once perceived as negative. Soon your mind will catch up with your actions, your SMILE, and start to believe that everything in your life is wonderful, beautiful, and amazing.
Finding happiness within yourself and your current life begins in your heart. LOVE YOURSELF! Believe you are the most amazing, unique creature who was ever created...because you are! Find happiness and joy in everything you see. Look for ways to turn a negative into a positive every time you encounter a roadblock. Over time you will realize that it becomes second nature to look at the world in a positive light. Being happy now will create even more happiness in your future. You will attract all that your heart desires and more by putting all of your energy on the present moment, the NOW. Practice mindfulness, positive thinking, and gratitude to find your happiness. Time to get started, your HAPPINESS begins now!
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