2月24日
Being Present, Be Now Here
Being Present,
Be Now Here
One of life's greatest challenge is often described as "pursuit of happiness". I have heard happiness described as though it is an object that you pursue, something that you do your utmost to acquire.
As human beings, we have a tendency to behave in a stimulus-response manner if we are not mindful. We tend to respond to whatever stimulates us. If we find ourselves in happy company at a party, we may respond by participating in the fun and be joyful. If we find ourselves amongst people who are sorrowful, we may respond by subduing any urge to be joyful and remain solemn.
As stimulus-response organisms, we tend to depend on external circumstances to bring us joy. Hence, the mentality that happiness is something you need to acquire. Something you "pursue" as though it is external to you.
In my opinion, happiness is not an acquisition. It is a state of mind.
Happiness is an inside job!
In other words, lasting happiness is something you bring forth from within, otherwise it is not lasting.
When you pursue something separated from you, it is not within you, it must be somethng that seems external to you. People who rely on external factors to attain happiness will have great difficulty keepng what they acquire externally. What you acquire externally can be removed from you.
What I seek, I am without.
What I Deserve, I Endure;
What I Endure, I Become;
What I Become, I Am;
I Am Within.
Happiness is its own reward. You simply bring forth from within.
How?
Happiness is a state of mind. There are many ways to accomplish this.
Free your heart from hate and jealousy. Free your mind from stress and worry. Free yourself of any painful past. Leave the excess baggage behind if you want to ride the rainbow of growth and happiness. Learn to forgive. Forgive yourself, and forgive others.
Use your imagination, create in your mind a life filled with growth and happiness. Imagine it, and dream it from your heart. Feel it! Thoughts are the seeds you sow in the garden of your mind, feelings are the nutrients you add to help them grow, doing positive deeds are the actions you take to mantain healthy growth environment for what you have planted, and finally, happiness is what you reap afterwards. You reap what you sow.
Believe you deserve to be happy. What you deserve, you endure, and what you endure, you become. What you become, you are, you are within. Its between you and your own divinity. Respect your divinity. Keep that connection clean. Be grateful for what you receive, and you will continue to receive the abundance of what you deserve.
Take control of your own life, take responsibility for your own happiness. Be proactive - Life is not a spectator sport! Put happy thoughts into every thing you do, every moment in your life, be enthusiastic, smile every morning when you awake to see that the sun still comes up for you. Get into the habit of feeling good and doing good. Good thoughts and good deeds, they have the amazing power to attract goodness into your life.
Live simply. Expect less, give more. Bringing happiness to other people's lives will bring immeasurable happiness into your own. Happiness is its own reward. Think good thoughts, the good thoughts bring good feelings. Feel good, and it makes you want to do good. Good deeds bring good outcomes. That is the law of karma. Practise compassion as a way of life.
Follow your heart. Dream lofty dreams, let your dreams give you a clear direction in life. Having a direction lends meaning to purposeful living. Follow those dreams. Live your own life, and not the life of others. You are born with the natural tendency to do good and be good. So be true to yourself.
Live The Moment!
Be present in the Now. Be present in the Here.
Be Now Here... or you may end up being Nowhere.
“There is very little difference between "Now Here" and "Nowhere"
but that little difference makes a big difference.
The little difference is a space wherein lies your freedom and power
to chose your happiness & growth.
The big difference is in the choice you make.”
(Billy Tan)
It has been said...
dance
as though no one is watching you
love
as though you have never been hurt before
sing
as though no one can hear you
live
as though heaven is on earth
Now, allow me to present...
Sister Act IV
Craziness is hereditary...
you inherit it from your children!
Happiness Is Its Own Reward.
Ah! Sisters...
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