What is your happiness worth to you?

By
Armand
– March 15, 2013Posted in: Health, The Constant Awesome

“Peo­ple are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
~ Abra­ham Lincoln ~

Here’s a spe­cial guest post by my brother Armand.

We’ve all expe­ri­enced it; Streams of hap­pi­ness where we feel on top of the world, life respond­ing effort­lessly to you in the best of ways, spon­ta­neous events bring­ing forth the great­est of sur­prises, all of which occur­ring deeply in that per­fect, con­tin­u­ous moment; Sim­ply hap­pi­ness, at its finest.

But as we have all expe­ri­enced, these streams of joy are even­tu­ally brought to an end. For some, it can be some­thing as petty as being stuck in traf­fic, for oth­ers, it can take a loved one telling you things just have to end between you two.

We are deeply aware of the feel­ings that arise out of these events, but how many of us are truly con­scious of how quickly they break those streams of hap­pi­ness? We don’t even real­ize it, nor do we try to change it. It’s such a nor­mal thing to expe­ri­ence in our day-to-day soci­ety, espe­cially since we see oth­ers respond this way nearly every day.

So what is your hap­pi­ness worth to you? Is that ran­dom per­son who cut you off on the road and flicked you off really WORTH your hap­pi­ness? How about that angry cus­tomer at work? Value your hap­pi­ness. It is wor­thy of much, much more than we take it for.

Pro­gress­ing in your spir­i­tual path is as sim­ple as mak­ing that choice to BE happy. There is noth­ing more effec­tive to the path of enlight­en­ment than dis­si­pat­ing the walls that break your hap­pi­ness. Sim­ply tak­ing the vow of being happy will even­tu­ally bring forth many chal­lenges. Stay­ing true to your com­mit­ment dur­ing these times is exactly what brings spir­i­tual growth.

Prac­tice this enough, and the choice of being happy will be entirely depen­dent upon YOU and you only, not the events that hap­pen to you. It is your choice to enjoy this moment, there is no ben­e­fit to being mis­er­able, not only for your­self but all those who sur­round you.

So go ahead, BE happy. KNOW that you are wor­thy of your love and to expe­ri­ence life to the fullest. Cher­ish your well being, it is wor­thy of so much more than what­ever might be thrown your way.

If you remain spon­ta­neously joy­ful and present, yes you will find hap­pi­ness, but con­tinue down this path and you will find so much more. If you can let go of the exter­nal world you will taste the true essence of what under­lies in this plane of exis­tence. You will find what lies beyond YOU, and dis­cover the true essence of your being. Hap­pi­ness won’t even begin to describe your state of being.

So go ahead, be happy. :)


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