There’s more to life than money and riches, what about happiness? Many think that creating a happy life means financial success or obtaining material possessions. Yet there are those who find happiness in family and service to others. Then there are those who have found spiritual enlightenment who seem to have transcended the physical needs of fame and fortune and have found total happiness.
So what are you doing today to create your happy life? There’s a saying about finding happiness; you don’t find it, happiness finds you! Most people who have inner peace and happiness in their lives realize it’s not about what you own or what you’ve accomplished professional, but more to do with the relationships in their lives. When most people are asked what makes them happy, more often than not it has something to do with friends and family.
I doubt anyone has ever said on their death bed, “I sure wish I would have worked more.” Its so common for people to confuse happiness with external things. True lasting happiness begins within us. If we cannot find happiness inside or with ourselves, no person or thing is ultimately going to bring us happiness. Any happiness we do feel from external things is short lived at best, and we’re always left wanting more.
The reason why most people continually try to buy or wrestle happiness out of life through external sources is because it’s easy. Face it; it’s a lot easier to purchase a new hi-def TV than it is to search our inner souls for our fears and/or seeking self-enlightenment. That’s why most people don’t truly work on those things until they’re desperate enough. We live in a drive-through world and people want to be happy now!
The key to being happy now, is figuring our first what’s keeping you from being happy within yourself. Think about how difficult it is to purchase a gift for a friend whom you don’t know very well. Sure you want to get them something that will make them happy, but it’s hard when you don’t really know them intimately. Now think about how well you really know yourself. Did that new car really satisfy your happiness and leave you with a life-long feeling of satisfaction? Probably not.