Developing a life which nurtures happiness begins with a realistic view of ourselves and our deepest wants and desires. Think about how hard it is shopping for a friend you don’t really know that well. Its hard knowing exactly what will make them happy, so in the end we end up guessing. Now think about yourself and whether or not you truly know what makes you happy. When asking yourself how to find happiness, think about the last time you were carefree without a worry in the world. More than likely one key element in that moment was the absence of expectations. You weren’t thinking about tomorrow or things you regret, you were just enjoying the moment for what it was.

Finding what creates inner happiness for your soul is a great beginning at creating the life you dream of inside. Everyone wants happiness, but few realize it begins inside of our soul and can be manifested within. Start by determining what makes you happy in its simplest; is it spending time with friends or family, helping others, or striving to be the best you can be. The important part of this journey is making sure the things that make you happy come from within yourself. External things can only make us happy temporarily, whereas a happy soul will manifest happiness for an eternity. Thus the common saying, you can’t buy happiness. Begin with finding what makes your soul happy, and a happy life will find you.

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It’s not “he who dies with the most toys wins.” It’s “he who has the most time to play with his toys and the most fun playing with them who wins.” In other words: all work and no play means a life of all ego and no spirit.

True success is not about making lots of moola so you can get yourself expensive toys for your ego – nor is it about getting yourself a cure, sexy person for your ego. True success is about satisfying your spirit with things. For instance, your ego looks at a cute, sexy person and says, “Yum, yum. I want that person.” But your spirit is smarter. It looks at loving, joyous couples and things, “Mmmm, i want that job, that happiness, that love.”

Your spirit wisely knows: it’s not a mate’s superficial qualities that ultimately make you happy, but the dynamic this mate and you have together – and this blissful feelings this mate can give you in your true heart.

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Now you have a tough decision to make.  Do you stay with the company and try to justify your decision (thereby lowering your awareness), do you leave (thereby keeping your awareness high), or do you attempt to transform the company from within (thereby using your awareness to raise the awareness of others)?

This isnt an easy decision to make, but the key to living in a way that works in the long run is that you need to keep yourself from becoming stuck at a fixed level of consciousness.  If you pursue the development and expansion of your consciousness, you will experience some upheaval in your life.  But that doesnt mean your purpose is poorly chosen it just means you need to go through a process of shedding that which is incongruent with your purpose.  And if youre like most people, thats going to mean a lot of shedding.  It will probably take years.  But you’ll come out the other side much stronger and a lot happier. 

The tunnel is hard, but it doesnt last forever, and it leads to a wonderful place that youll never want to leave once you experience it.

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