Journey to Happiness

Welcome to the exciting Journey to Happiness...

Enjoy your journey because you are going to be on the journey longer than your destination.

Here are a few tips that will help you in your journey to Happiness, here we go toward discovering your happiness...

Never complain about what you permit.

Whatever you allow don’t complain about. Either take care of the situation, person or accept it/them. The more you complain about it the bigger it gets. I heard a person say one time; you can either cut a dog’s tail off an inch at a time or CUT the dog’s tail off! So is true with our situations, take care of it or accept it. Those are your two choices.

Let us focus on the Journey to Happiness!

Learn how to let things go that you have no control over. If you cannot change it, let it go. When you have, done all you know to do…turn your focus onto things you can control, which is yourself.

Appreciate the differences in others, and don't frustrate yourself by expecting everyone to be the way you think they should be.

Encourage others that cross your path to begin their journey to happiness....

In your journey to happiness perhaps you will find that you were created with unique talents and gifts. You were designed with a special and unique purpose in mind. You are the only one that can fulfill that purpose. Only YOU have them. No one does things quite the way you do. You were tailor made…. You are a unique and special individual that MUST believe in yourself.

No matter what you have been told in life that is negative, you can overcome and succeed in life!

You may have been through bad experiences but that is not who YOU are.

Do not allow others to dictate to you who YOU are. Love and believe in yourself.

If you are not confident, who you are then others will dictate to you who they want you to be. When we are unsure of ourselves, we become an easy prey. However, when I know who I am and what my goals are then others cannot push me around.

Do not forget to laugh and have fun. This is very important; do not stay so serious all the time that you forget to have fun. Watch comedies, read things that make you laugh; laughter is good medicine. Learn to laugh at yourself. Do not be so serious all the time. Lighten up and have a good time. In discovering your journey to happiness, you should think in terms of making it fun, and get excited!

Make sure that you take time to rest. Rest is an accomplishment. Without it, we get moody and run off two cylinders instead of four that does not give us full performance. If you have ever driven a car that has not had all of the cylinders working properly at full performance you know what I’m talking about. It spits and sputters, and is sluggish. Leaving you with feelings of frustration, so don’t let that happen to you. Always be a top performer!

In addition, on your pursuit, there will be people placed in your path that will help you with your goals and dreams. This journey is so exciting! Everyday your expectation should be moving toward your dream.

You are going to be on the journey longer than at the destination…..so get comfortable and enjoy the ride!
Being Right is Not Always as Important as Being Happy!

Being right is not as important as being happy!
What is it you both want? “What will that give you that you wouldn’t otherwise have? Happiness perhaps! Start evaluating the things you do in your relationship that work and help you to get what you both want. Remember that tolerance, compassion and understanding are emotions that take the steam out of hostile situations and enhance personal relationships.
The real YOU is NOT in the things you've done to survive!

Learn WHO you are and what makes you unique.

Find your inner strengths.

Are you a compassionate person waiting to leap out and trust again?

Are you looking for someone to love and find love in return? Do not be afraid, perhaps you should dare to discover or re-discover your happiness.

What did you learn from your experiences? Did you learn mercy, forgiveness, endurance, and/or strength?

Everyone desires a purpose. We all strive to find what we were created for. As human beings, we long for purpose. You just want to belong. Everyone does. This is part of our journey to happiness.

Define in your own terms what it would take to feel a sense of happiness, success, and inner peace. Perhaps this could be a great start to discovering happiness and begin an exciting journey toward your journey to happiness.

You must believe in something bigger than you are. Whatever that means to you...but you must have FAITH in something bigger than yourself. To some it is Jesus. You must have FAITH in something bigger than you! This is imperative in your journey to happiness.

When you find your purpose, it motivates you. It creates in you a positive energy and drive. Sure, you will have days that are not worth writing home about but you can remain focused on your Purpose which leads you into your journey to happiness.

Focus on what truly motivates you. Find the ONE thing that you enjoy, and love to do. Too many things will crowd your thinking, break your focus and carry you in too many directions. If you want to break someone's focus, give them another dream.

That means when you have found your purpose, don't get distracted. Stay focused and on task. It is better to be excellent at one thing than to be "okay" at many...

Master your purpose, read about it, study and show yourself approved...because KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! NO ONE can take away your knowledge.

Celebrate ALL of your small accomplishments.

Keep a journal; you will be amazed at your accomplishments from the beginning of your journey for discovering happiness, until you have discovered what really makes you the happiest and therefore, your purpose.

Whenever you understand your purpose you fill needed, wanted and loved. You must always reach outside of yourself by helping others. Share a smile, open a door, or say a kind word. This will begin your path to discovering true happiness.

The only reason people don’t follow their dreams and meet their goals, broken focus.

Do not throw your pearls before the swine, which means you cannot share your dreams with everyone. Not everyone will be happy for you and that is okay. Not everyone has your passion and desire. Keep it in your heart unless the person shares your accomplishments. That is why you have to believe in yourself.

Some people may give you reasons why you cannot succeed….don’t listen to them. If you believe that you can -- you will!

A determined, focused and purposed mind is impossible to stop!!

Don’t try to change other people. The only person we can change is ourselves. This is very frustrating because you look for others to give you what you need. You need to provide for yourself what you’re looking for.

Let me explain

For so long I wanted others to accept me and do things “my way."

I had to learn to give to myself what I was seeking FIRST.

You have to accept others where they are in life and give yourself what YOU need. Then the frustration dies because we CAN control self, not others.

It is not easy sometimes, okay most of the time when you first get started in your journey of change, but it is possible.

You have to make tough decisions and walk away from bad influences to discover happiness.

Bottom line, how bad do you want it...?

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Achieving True Happiness

Achieving True Happiness...

You will only be remembered for one of two things in life; problems you create or the ones you solve. Think about your life experiences thus far...

Right now you just want to know that “you matter” and “you are understood”.

Isn't that what we are really seeking for is to be “understood and to know we matter”. Of course it is, we all want to belong and begin our journey achieving true happiness!

Unfortunately, whenever we are not understood nor feel that we matter it creates many negative emotions within us.

Achieving true happiness in life is possible!

You may not feel that now but by the time you read this page in its entirety, my hope is that you will have discovered some ways to begin your journey in achieving true happiness for the rest of your life!

• Do you spend your time creating problems or solving them?
• What do you think that others will say about you once you are gone?
• Will they say you helped solve problems or you were a part of the problem?

Maybe you have never looked at life quite this way before but I think that we need to in order to begin achieving true happiness now.

For years, I created problems for others, including myself. Sad to say, I created problems but it was not an intentional thing. I did not say, “Let me see who I can create problems for” and then find a target. Actually, I was a troubled person. It came through the hurt, pain, and abuse of my past. The sad thing, I was looking to achieve true happiness in my life. But I was always hurting others. How could that be? All I wanted in life was to be happy and begin achieving true happiness...

The good news is that through those experiences it taught me how to be a problem solver! You too can learn how to be a problem solver if you are not already one...

Whenever I started reaching outside of myself to help others...that is when I begin to achieve true happiness. Sure I still have my problems, like anyone else, but I'm not nearly the "mess" I was before beginning this new found journey.

Everyone has a story to tell. We all have life experiences that we have been through that may not be so pleasant. However, the key is how we come through them. My experiences have taught me how to forgive and relate to other people’s problems. Without the life experiences I would have never learned how to be the problem solver that I have now become.

This is an exciting journey...achieving true happiness!

Unfortunately, whenever we are going through the crisis we do not see anything good that could possibly come out of the turmoil we feel. All you know is that you are in pain and want to achieve true happiness. How frustrating...

However, you have a choice. You can allow life experiences to make you bitter or better!

At one point in my life, I was very bitter. Blaming others for my issues, and I was submerged in unforgiveness. Seldom taking responsibility for my actions and spending a lot of time blaming others instead of being proactive in my own life to turn things around and make it work out for my good. I found myself becoming very critical and judgmental of others. Always finding fault in others. I felt it was impossible for me to achieve true happiness.

What I have learned through all of this is that people who are always finding fault and being negative are insecure.

Secure and confident individuals are positive looking for the good in others, they solve problems.

Positive People.

Positive people are the ones getting involved with the solution of situations and not sweating the “small things” in life. They don’t nit pick about everything, complaining and making those around them uncomfortable, yet no one has the heart to tell them.

Have you ever met anyone like this? They do not get involved in other people’s gossip and will not associate themselves with those people. That is not to say you are rude but you do not spend a lot of time around them.

Positive people normally do not take other people’s business to everyone else. If it is not praise worthy, they are not speaking about it. When you find people like this to associate with and become friends with -you- have found “treasure” because they are precious as gold. Together you will achieve true happiness. Quality of Life will come from surrounding yourself by such people.

We all need to try to become a “full time” positive person – not just when people are looking and paying attention. You can tell through a person’s conversation whether they are positive or negative; if they’re critical, always finding something wrong with others or do they look for the good.

People who are critical tend to hide their criticism through humor and say “I’m just kidding” but “out of the heart the mouth speaketh”. People will say what they mean and try to cover it up.

That is the reason we need to work on our hearts, our “true self”. When we work from the inside out, we get a better result. Don’t just band-aid the problem, work on the root of the cause.

There are four kinds of people in your life: Those who add, subtract, divide or multiply. Those who do not Increase you, inevitably will Decrease You.

• Do the people in your life add to you happiness and multiply your blessings?
• Or do they subtract joy from you and divide you from the things that bring you joy?

In order to achieve true happiness we must move toward positive actions, thoughts and people. Now as hard as that may seem it is not impossible. It just takes work, effort, determination and dedication. Even when you’re in a situation that seems hopeless a good way to heal yourself is to help someone else in need; Positive Action.

When you feel your worst, meditate on those things, which are good and uplifting. Think of the last time you had a great day; Positive Thoughts.

When you cannot seem to escape the negative by yourself, contact a friend who has a positive attitude and talk to them about what is happening in their lives and if you cannot think of anyone who fits that description, you need to find places where positive people would be; church, social events in your community, etc...;

These methods, of course, will not solve all of your problems but if you give them a chance they can help, you begin to feel more uplifted and optimistic. It is our outlook about achieving true happiness that will effect your situation(s) in life.

Our life experiences can help or hinder us.

Do not be deceived and think that you can "change" other people. People change themselves but not until they realize they have a problem. Do not associate yourself with people who do not celebrate your accomplishments. Always be where you are CELEBRATED and NOT tolerated... Become a problem solver and share the positive gifts that are within you with someone else….

Achieving True Happiness in Life begins on the inside of you. Changes are not easy and require tough decisions sometimes but they are worth it due to the results and quality of Life you'll experience…

Being uncomfortable for a little while and reaping the benefits for a lifetime is worth the change…

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Divine Happiness: Happiness Comes from Within, Money Can't Buy Me Happiness

 Most people fail to find peace of mind. That's because they don't seek divine happiness, instead they spend their entire lives searching for material well-being. Or, they interpret the phrase: life, liberty and pursuit happiness as meaning just outer things. Instead of realizing that divine happiness is the only lasting happiness, they search for happiness in all the wrong places.

Many die wishing they risked more and had acted upon what they dreamed of doing with their lives. Studies show the majority of people bemoan they didn’t have more love in their day-to-day lives. Had these people invested just a few minutes daily giving thanks for what they had, divine happiness might have been theirs.

Others fail to listen to their body’s cry for help and must endure long, drawn out, debilitating and humbling deaths. Many lives are full of “quiet desperation,” as people are unable to reach their personal potential, never quite achieving the joy of expressing work their heart loves.

They never learned to turn their lives over to a power greater than themselves, which would have led to divine happiness.

Others don’t heed their heart’s craving for creative kindness, where they can serve others and help them to live better lives, thus enriching their own lives far more than money can.

Some people desire to unleash their creativity, yet go to their deathbed with books unwritten, songs unsung, paintings not placed on canvas. They yearned to devote their lives to beautify the world or to earn their livelihoods, as meager or as affluent as it may be, as artists.

As a nation, we in beautiful USA never were taught that divine happiness can occur outside monastery walls. Divine happiness is our natural birthright, not just something we access on holy days.

Remember how you used to feel at Christmas as a little kid? Excitement, joy, happiness, the Christmas inspiration was contagious, the good feelings abundant, and everything was possible. We weren't just wanting gifts and presents: we were connected to divine happiness through celebrating the birth of the inspiring Godman, Jesus.

Divine happiness is still possible. Dreams still do come true if you’re willing to be honest with yourself and commit to your own success. You must start by accepting the reality of your life as it is now, and begin from where you are at present.

Divine happiness does not mean you avoid the world or run away to live in the woods. You can bring divine happiness into your day to day. In fact, as stress builds and fear increases, and you learn that material well-being only brings temporary happiness, you'll be drawn towards divine happiness like a moth drawn to fire.

Yet, you probably have to make some changes. When you admit what you want, when you see what behaviors are blocking your success, and when you invest a few minutes each day in your emotional well-being, you have a great chance for gaining the success you seek.

We get to choose how we interpret what we see. Whether our focus is on happiness or sadness, pain or joy, war or peace, the choice is ours. No one forces or compels us to see life the way we do. We can always access divine happiness by turning our attention towards the God in ourselves or the God in others.

Yet, our core values and beliefs, our stored traumas and buried emotions, lead us by our noses and keep us prisoners of the past. To access and attract the success your heart wants, you need to evict these unwanted tenants from your subconscious.

Although we can't change other people and how they relate to the world, we can transform our personal angles of vision to experience unlimited creativity, better health, more gratitude, abundant self-esteem and self-worth, peace of mind, prosperity, happiness, joy, success, mental and emotional well-being, greater material wealth, and divine happiness.

To live in these higher states of well-being more regularly, we must first clear our limiting beliefs. That's where EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) enters the picture. EFT is a simple, self-help technique like acupressure but without the needles. EFT is one of a growing number of new modalities and perhaps the most effective in the field of energy psychology.

The following summarizes some of the growing statistical evidence for EFT. “More than 29,000 patients treated at 11 allied clinics during a 14-year period were followed for at least one year after the termination of the therapy. In addition to strong, lasting treatment gains, several preliminary sub-studies using randomized, blinded designs allowed comparisons of energy interventions and other treatments. In the largest of these sub-studies, 2,500 patients diagnosed with anxiety disorders and treated with an energy approach and no anti-anxiety medication were compared with a matched sample treated with Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and medication as needed. The energy psychology treatments surpassed the CBT/medication protocol in the proportion of patients showing some improvement (90% vs. 63%) and the proportion of patients showing complete remission of symptoms (76% vs. 51%). In a related sub-study by the same team, the length of treatment was significantly shorter with energy therapy than with CBT/medication (mean = 3 sessions vs. mean = 15 sessions). In addition to reporting these early efficacy studies, the paper presents the treatment staffs' speculations about the indications and the contraindications of using an energy approach.”

“Despite its odd-seeming procedures and eye-raising claims, evidence is accumulating that energy-based psychotherapy, which involves stimulating acupuncture points or other energy systems while bringing troubling emotions or situations to mind, is more effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders than the current standard of care, which utilizes a combination of medication and cognitive behavior therapy.” (Joaquin Andrade, M.D. and David Feinstein, Ph.D., Energy Psychology: Theory, Indications, Evidence)

Regardless of how much money dwells in your bank account, you can live with a happy heart. As important as financial wealth is, money by itself doesn't insure happiness or joy. Only by seeking divine happiness will your heart and soul be content.

Remember, you have the power to choose where you focus your thoughts and actions. Once you clear out the subconscious beliefs that keep you stuck and in pain with EFT, you'll be amazed at what lies ahead. EFT makes clearing old beliefs a lot easier than in the past because you don't have to drag up and relive the old traumas and hurts.

The fascinating aspect about increasing divine happiness is that by first feeling joyous, grateful, thankful, loving, kind and other uplifting feelings before you reach the level of divine happiness you desire, you automatically raise your vibration and begin attracting divine happiness to you.

That may sound weird and strange but it works. Thousands of people worldwide have proven it for themselves, and I have as well.

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