Happy!

Are you happy with your life? Do you greet each day with curiosity and possibility? Do you grin and tap your feet when you hear the Pharrell Williams song HAPPY…or any other happy song? Happy…are you happy? I mean are you joyful, satisfied, contented, cheerful, pleased, glad?

If so…keep doing what you are doing. It is definitely working! If not, well, why aren’t you happy? I am imagining the list of things that come to your mind of the reasons you cannot possibly feel happy. There are just a few ‘good’ reasons to not be happy. Feelings of grief, sorrow and loss…these deserve a pass on the happy scale. But many reasons that come to mind don’t fall in the category of ‘pass’. They are simply road blocks we have constructed…conditions we have imposed in our mind about how life ought to be. No happiness allowed until the road block is lifted!

The beauty is that we put the road block in place and we can lift it. With just a little effort we can lift the block by pausing and appreciating exactly where we are. Do this right now. Stop reading this and look around exactly where you are and appreciate whatever it is that you see. Appreciate it, feel grateful for it, let your heart open to it, smile!

You will be happy not when you add up all that you have…but when you can see the beauty in all that is around you. Happiness is not found in what is missing, it is found in the heart of one who notices and appreciates the preciousness of life as it is.

Be happy!

Paula