The Quickest Way to
Real Happiness
Real Happiness
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
I should just wish to point out one thing
to you before we start, my friend. Please notice that I didn’t say the easiest
way, for the easiest way is still not
easy, but it’s less radical and it requires patience – which is usually not
associated with anything ‘quick’. Also, one more caveat to note: the quickest
way will still require you to adopt the practice forever, and if you stop it –
you will go right back to the beginning, in other words – back to your starting
point wherever that may be right in this moment in time.
Personal Responsibility – Own it
That’s
it! That’s the quickest
way, and even if you don’t choose to go the quick way, there will be no going
around it. Unless you are so comfortable with feeling dissatisfied that you
believe that is the way it has to be. In that case you won’t be ready for these
words, and I am not the messenger for you.
However, if you had absolutely enough of
feeling like you don’t have any power in your own life – then, my friend,
please listen closely. Good news is that it won’t get any worse - you can’t go
any lower in feeling bad, because powerlessness is the lowest on emotional
scale. But you do have a powerful chance of changing that around should you
wish to feel better, and dare to dream of being happy in your life: actual,
tangible, true and lasting happiness. Yes, it’s totally possible, and if you
are done with being the victim of the world and circumstance – then take my
hand right here and now (whenever you read this: it’s here and now, my dear friend), and allow the light from within
to shine through you. A split second is enough to lift your energy where you
need it to be.
We can get fancy and elaborate later, as
you get creative with the uniqueness of your own mission, in concert with your
inner being and the abundant, free flowing universe. But the foundation is
simple, clear, solid and free. The only reason things are not going your way,
the way you feel deep inside that they ought to go – is because you have given up
personal responsibility in your own life. I say this lovingly, but honestly,
and you need to be honest with yourself. What is not letting you go forward is
not anyone or anything outside yourself, my friend. I know it because I did
also get in my own way, and it took a while to realise that what happened was
the giving away my own power. Nobody ever got happy that way. In fact, it’s
quite the furthest you can go in the opposite direction.
The thing is, if we are really, really
honest (and we are honest here!) we get a little comfortable and we lose a bit
of braveness needed for healthy life. We shrink to fit somewhere, we make a
compromise (or few), we say: Oh, for quiet life, let me just swallow this
insult, or let me just ignore this red flag – things will get better…. and so
on. And they get so much out of your control that your life is not recognisable
to you, let alone your dream. But still, we persist in being unhappy, as if
it’s natural to trade one thing we need to thrive in this life, to thrive at
anything we set our mind to do, at helping the universe expand. We trade it as
if it’s nothing and we become so bloody unhappy to the point of not knowing
ourselves any more, not knowing and not remembering who we are, who is this
person inside our soul.
Yet, One Little Step
I guarantee you, life has a way of
reminding you. It comes up with the most creative, sometimes even shocking turn
of events, just so that it grabs your attention. But it is always clear and
whether something happens, or you meet with a messenger – whatever the best
delivery – you will hear it clearly. And it wouldn’t even cross your mind that
someone else has the better answer or solution to what’s before you – because at that moment you will know that it is actually up to you. And without thinking with your logic (this is very much
your own intuition that you will let guide you) – there it is! You’ve accepted
the responsibility for your life, and boom – the path becomes visible to you
once again.
So, instead of labelling it as coincidence,
please say to yourself: the outcomes in your life, whatever it is – your state
of mind, your health, your job, your family – it is all in your hands, my
friend. You are not enlightened just for a moment, but for a lifetime.
It’s a Gift
Life has given you the gift of remembering
how powerful you are in your life. You can choose to play it small, and to run
away, and pretend you didn’t get it – but you won’t be able to hide from
yourself. And even if you say ‘I’m really happy with this little life I have
created’ – you will still know there is more inside you to give, and unless you
do exactly that – unless you are giving all you got, there will be something
inside you powerfully, and persistently reminding you it’s time to be who you
really are, and that is much, much, much bigger than the game you’re playing
right now.
Face it, feel it, take it in your own
hands. Life doesn’t get better than that! Owning your life is the biggest gift –
not only that you have received – but the biggest gift you can give to the
world, to people you love, to everyone, but most of all – to yourself! Be at
peace, my friend. Let that guide you home.
Remember – You Are Safe Here
This is the sacred place between our souls. Thank you for sharing your visions, dreams and ideas. Your courage to be vulnerably seen will always be respected, and you will be treated with nothing but kindness and compassion. ♡
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