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How to: Find Happiness

Today we’re going to talk about something we all want but don’t always have enough of: Happiness.

Are you waiting for something like a new boyfriend, a change in your job or even a new pair of shoes to make you HAPPY? If you are, then I hate to tell you this, but you will never reach your goal.

Events, people, and things may provide temporary satisfaction, a brief moment of joy, but as the ‘shine’ fades from the packaging, so does the feeling. Think of kids at Christmas. The anticipation of receiving and the thrill of discovery makes them happy, but by the end of the day, sometimes even an hour later, as BB KING sang, The Thrill is Gone!

So what does make us happy? What can bring you joy?

First you should understand that Happiness isn’t a thing, it’s a Feeling.  Would it surprise you to learn that happiness is not a conclusion to something (something that you get at the end) but an ongoing choice?

That’s right. If you want to know the secret to being happy, then get up tomorrow morning and make it your conscious choice. It would be silly to say that you can stay permanently happy, but if you take each moment and apply some gratitude and attitude to it, you can teach yourself to attract happiness, and it will become easier and easier to do.

Think about this for a moment. If Fear lives in the future, and regret lives in the past, then the only way you can ever be truly happy is to live in the moment, or as Eckhart Tolle said, Be In the NOW.

Our lives are made up of many moments strung together, so by applying the happy choice in every moment you can, you will soon find you have longer and richer periods of HAPPINESS in your life. Each time you do this, it will become easier for you to focus. Learn to flex your ‘happy muscle’ and it will more responsive the next time. Your muscles have memory, even your Happy Muscle, so the more diligent you are exercising it, the more happy you will become each day.

Finding and FEELING gratitude for the things in your life where you are blessed, is a great place to start. Tell me, do you know what brings you   moments of happiness? Do you think that you can come up with a few things that you are grateful for? Think!

Take a moment to write down 3 things RIGHT NOW,  for which you are eternally grateful.

Can’t think of anything? Will there be food in your tummy tonight? How about a roof over your head? Will you have clean running water you can drink with ease? Will there be bombs going off during the night while you’re sleeping?

Cynthia Sue Larson who was a guest on our show Quantum Radio on February 21st, 2008, showed us a lovely meditation to help you focus and bring love and gratitude into your life right now:

Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths.

Now put your hand over your heart and visually open a channel into your heart.

Think about breathing in the love from all the people who have ever loved you in the past.

Now breathe in all the love from all the people who will ever love you in the future, 

Now breathe in all the love from all the people who love you right now.

Breathe in the love from your pets, the Universe, rocks, trees, birds, plants, flowers, etc

Sit with this for a while.

Once you’re filled with all this love and can really feel it, NOW give gratitude for those things in your life that are precious to you and be Happy in this wonderful moment.

BONUS LESSON

This is for those of you have been trying to use the Law of Attraction to manifest good things into your life, but haven’t had much success with it.

Before you begin to manifest or attract anything into your life, you’ll to want to get back to the loving state of gratitude you were just in.

It’s not enough to want something or to think of things you want, you must feel and desire that which you want. You should have a single mindedness to the object of your desire but at the same time, no attachment to the outcome.

What do you want?  Visualize this using all of your senses.  What will you feel like once you have this in your life?  How will things look?  What colors do you see?  What images?  What people?  Visualize this as if it’s already yours. Be grateful to Spirit for receiving these images before it arrives. This requires belief, faith, and the ability to let go in order to receive. This action sort of reminds you of LOVE right?

With love and blessing to all,

Frankie

www.InstituteforQuantumLiving.com

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