Happiness from Inside

“I've got nothing to do today but smile.” 

― Paul Simon

More often than not, we have no idea what we are doing. We are just trying to figure things out. And what are we trying to figure out exactly? Are we trying to figure out HOW things are going to be? or WHEN its's going to happen? or what is it that we're so hard trying to figure out? And why do we want to figure that out so badly?

We are a creature that wants to know. We want certainty and results. We want proof. A lot of us are result oriented. When such and such happen, I'll be happy. When such and such happen, I will change my attitude. The good old "I'll be happy when" syndrome. Is it true though? Can we really be happy when those things come to reality? Of course, in a short term, we'll definitely be happy. When we lose that 10lbs, we'll be happy. Then we struggle to maintain the weight. We starve ourselves or deprive ourselves from truly enjoying our lives. Then we get upset. And in a blink of an eye, that 10lbs come back to us. Or you work so hard to get that promotion and when you finally got the job, you just realize that you're working more hours with lots of responsibilities and spending less time with your family. How does that gonna make us feel? It sure doesn't make us happy, does it? So, we can't rely on that "I'll be happy when syndrome" period. We just can't.  We've heard it before, "Happiness" is a choice. It's a life style and an inside job. When you change what's going on inside, then what's going on out side will match your vibration. That's what the Law of Attraction has been teaching us the whole time. We are all vibrational being. We are all sum of the energy. So we attract whatever it is that match our vibration. That's alchemy. Yet as a result oriented human being, we want the outside circumstances to bring us what makes us happy. So we keep telling ourselves and others that I'll be happy when what's going on outside changes.

We were born with nothing but our body. We were pure energy being. We were pure love. When we were born. And the only thing that is for sure is that we are going to die and leave this physical body when the time comes. That's the only thing that we know. Let's think for a minute. When we die and leave our body, we don't take whatever it is we earned or gained while we were alive, the social statues, the money, the house, the cars... we leave all those when the time comes. We might leave them for our loved ones. But we will not take that with us. It's not possible. We start with nothing, end with nothing. So why can't we find a way to be happy with nothing in the middle? There are necessities. We need a place to live, food to eat. Yes, I get that. But we are capable of enjoying our lives without all the worldly things that we are so obsessed with. We don't have to. We can live simpler life if we learn to appreciate who we are and what we are able to offer the others. If we realize that what we need to do in this world is to learn and to grow and to serve, we don't need all the things to impress others, or to prove ourselves. We don't need those. We don't need to be validated. We don't need to prove ourselves to others. Because we are already happy with who we are and what we do. All we need to do it to learn, to grow and to serve. See things from inside. See things bigger than you do now. There are so much more than that. And when you start seeing things from that whole new perspective, things will start to change.

Love Hope Faith