WELLNESS CONNECTION · Life Balance

Be Happy Now

By Barbara E. Savin, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Energy Healing Specialist

December 08, 2009 - 3:00PM

Are you still waiting for your circumstances to change before you'll allow yourself to be happy? Do you have preconceived ideas of what would make you happy and refuse to be satisfied until those things happen? The problem is that even once specific things happen in our lives, we're rarely satisfied with them. Instead, we shift our focus to something even bigger and better, believing "it" will make us happy (or happier). We never allow ourselves to reach the point of contentment.

The good news is that you can decide to be happy NOW - even if not everything in your life is perfect. Below, you'll find 3 simple tips that can help:

1. Be grateful. Gratitude is one of the most powerful states of mind that you can adopt. Not only does it make you feel good, it shifts your focus from what you don't have, to what you DO have. As you focus more on what have in your life (even the really small blessings), you worry less about what may be lacking. The result? A more pervasive sense of happiness.

2. Take time to smell the roses. If you spend most of your days feeling rushed and scattered, it's hard to feel content. To truly be happy, take time to relax, dream and experience pleasure in life's simple moments. Beginning today, spend time doing things you LOVE on a regular basis. Read books that stimulate your imagination, listen to great music, take long walks and make an effort to enjoy your life as it is now.

3. Love the journey. Many of us make the mistake of pinning all of our expectations on some vague, far-off result (i.e. the completion of goals). We believe that once we "get there" everything will be perfect and we'll finally be happy. However, it is actually about enjoying the journey TO the destination. Make it your mission to revel in every moment that you're working toward higher goals. Enjoy the sense of self-mastery and accomplishment you gain with every goal you achieve. Make it a worthwhile journey and you'll savor the end result that much more!

The most important thing to understand about happiness is that it is largely a CHOICE you make from moment to moment. Although certain serious situations make it difficult to feel happy, don't allow the little things to block any happiness you otherwise would feel. Embrace happiness, and it will grow to monstrous proportions in your life!

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