How Do You Be Happy?
Let’s be happy.
Doesn’t that sound like a fantastic idea?
What do we have to do to be happy?
That’s the challenge we all face. In especial when we’re inundated with lack, scarcity, and messages of exclusion, hate, and fear. Hard to find happy when there are so many messages that are the opposite.
It is time to take back our power and do what it takes to be happy.
It might be something grand, like taking a vacation or relocating to another country or selling off all your possessions and walking the earth. We all have different things that make us happy.
It might be a bit easier than that. Go online and look for silly cat pictures. Watch dogs and other animals do ridiculously cute things. Go outside and sit in the sun, or sit in the rain. Walk in the woods. Do something physical. Put on a movie or TV show or any video that makes you feel good, that makes you smile and feel happy. Spend time with loved ones. Eat chocolate. Read a book.
Why do we deny ourselves opportunities to be happy? Because we have come to believe that we don’t deserve it.
We have been taught that happiness is something earned. It takes effort to be happy. You can’t just have it, it is not your right it is a privilege. One must work to be happy. You have to put out effort and struggle and sacrifice to be happy.
This is completely backwards. Happiness isn’t just some reward, it is everybody’s right. We all deserve happiness, we all are worthy of finding happiness in whatever forms we can. Every single one of us has a right to happiness in our lives.
What makes you be happy?
What makes me happy is probably different from what makes you happy. Nothing wrong with that, but we have to recognize that nobody’s happiness should be at the expense of anyone else’s. You being happy does not detract from my being happy, so we should all have opportunities, means and options to be happy.
This is not a limited amount of pie, with not enough to go around concept. That’s not how this works. There is more than enough, because we live in an abundant universe. As such, there is infinite pie, plenty for everyone. I think if more people in this world were actually happy, the world would be a better place for more people.
Consciousness creates reality. Positivity builds happiness. Feeling positive leads to feeling good, which is a key to feeling happy. It’s pretty close to impossible to feel happy when you are dealing in negativity.
Claim your happiness. Don’t be afraid, do something that will allow you to feel happy. Spread happiness where and however you can.
Finding positivity is not hard, but it does require action.
Knowing that we all desire to be happy – that we are worthy and deserving of happiness, and it is not something we need to earn – we should take steps to do things that make us feel happy. When we work on being happy, we make ourselves and those around us feel good, and in the process we ultimately empower ourselves. When we feel empowered, we often spread that feeling to others around us, and as such can build more positive feelings. We can use the positive feelings this generates to dissolve negative feelings. When we take away negative feelings, we open up space to let in positive feelings, and that is something we can be grateful for. Gratitude leads to happiness. Happiness is the ultimate positive attitude. Positive attitude begets positive energy, and that is always a good thing.
This is the two-hundred and thirty-third entry of my Positivity series. It is my hope these weekly messages might help spread positive energies for everyone. Feel free to share, re-blog and spread the positivity.
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