Get out from "I'm happy when" Syndrome

I'll be happy when I'm rich. I'll be happy when I'm famous. I'll be happy when I'm thin. I'll be happy when I have this promotion......

But the reality is that once you're rich, you have more problem, like suddenly you have so any cousins. Once you're famous, you face another struggle, like you don't know who to trust. Once you're thin, you'll face another issue, like maintaining that weight. Once you have that promotion, you'll have more obstacles to overcome. More, more more more.... Struggles, obstacles, issues...they just keep coming to you. So, my question is WHEN are you going to be happy!?

NOW

That's the only answer. You have to enjoy your every single moment. We have goals and places that we set our mind to. And we tend to think that once we get there, that status or that materials, or that whatever that is, that's the thing that brings us happiness. It's actually the other way around. When you're happy and enjoy your life, live your life the fullest, those things that you want will come to you. It's great that we have those goals, and aim for better and higher things. We plan our way through. And most of the time things won't go as we planed. Sometimes it's for the better, sometimes it's for the worst. It almost never goes as we planed. But have you realized that it all works out anyways. And we have to learn how to enjoy the process. Other than being born and dying, everything in between is mystery and unknown. Still we find a way to enjoy that moment. The only time we can truly appreciate and embrace is NOW. You have the power to change your thoughts. You are in charge of your action. Start from the place of love. Start from the place of happiness. Enjoy and Embrace every single moment of your life. That's the biggest and the most simple secret of this life. Happiness is a state of mind. It's a choice. Emily Fletcher, founder of ZIVA meditation, says that the most important thing is to detach ourselves from our goals. The fact that it's in our mind, our desire to be something or somewhere, it means that it's already on its way. So, what we must to do is to trust that it's already on its way and forget. Desperation and being clinging onto that is not going to get you where you want to go or be. Just trust. Just be. Just be in the moment. It's your life. It's the dream that you've been waiting for. That's now. And you cannot miss that precious moment by wishing and hoping how you'd be happy when things happen...

We're living in the everything in between. And we can created it however we want! I'm so grateful for everything Emily told me.