True happiness

How many people do you know in your life who you believe are truly happy.

Think about it for a moment. Do feel like you are truly happy? If not, why? What do you think it would take for you to be happy and content? What are you lacking at this moment?

These questions may seem trite but how often do you honestly pause to make this objective assessment?

I know many many many people and very few of them I would consider to be truly happy. True happiness comes from inside and is completely independent and separate from outside phenomena. I really have only two tools. My body that is here living (breathing, circulating blood, growing toenails, digesting food, keeping me alive etc...) and my mind here thinking (usually dwelling in the past or projecting in the future constantly forming resentments and fear on the basis of expectation and judgment).

I think many people, especially that I know suffer from the not enough-its. If I only had this I would be happy, If I only looked like that, if I only didn't have this condition, if he would only behave like that, if she could only realize this, etc etc etc. It is not surprising that so many people think this way considering how much we are exposed to this condition. You are what you fill yourself up with and it seems like in the world of corporate media we are under constant bombardment.

There are many different ways out from under this and probably as many paths to true happiness as there are human beings. But when I think about how many organisms there are on this planet and what small percentage are humans beings I get filled with a sense of gratitude. I mean how unlikely is it that circumstances came together to bring me into this world with this amazing sense of consciousness and mind? Pretty amazing when you think about it. With the potential that we all have as humans it is amazing how efficient we are at wasting and squandering those gifts. It seems to be what we excel at.

If you honestly ask yourself the question are you happy everyday, and honestly seek the answer to what it would take for you to be truly happy I think you stand a chance. After all, there are those who tell us that we already have everything we need to be happy: Our bodies here breathing and our minds here thinking. We already have these things. We have them right now at this very moment. They may not be in the same place but we already have everything we need.

Today I will try to align my body and mind in the same place. Today I will ask myself what I need to find true happiness? What do I need to change about myself today to find true happiness? Where do I find the power to change? Today I will investigate my thinking mind. Today I will act with purpose. Today I will be mindful and ardent. Today I will be peace.