I just want to be happy...

I just want to be happy

How many of us have said that?

I know that I used to say that a lot.

Well guess what?

I’m sorry to disappoint you but…

You are doomed to be eternally dissatisfied if this is your aim in life because

Nobody is happy all the time.

Happiness is a transient emotion.

All emotions come and go just like all thoughts come and go.

Emotions are fluid and move in the same way that water flows so they are impossible to lock in or tie down.

Chasing happiness is like trying to catch a butterfly

Trying to find something “out there” to make us feel happy inside is never going to work.

But how about a mindset shift….

How about thinking in a different way and redefining happiness as a life of meaning and fulfilment?

How about living a life which is led by your values which are the deepest and most important ways of being and behaving which you hold dear?

Now living in this way is guaranteed to give you something far more valuable than those fleeting moments of happiness.

No more “chasing happiness” out there because you can live the life you designed every day.

You are already fulfilled/at peace/happy inside.

You will have those moments of joy way more often and you will know that at the end of your life that you have lived your very best life and will look back with pride and peace at what you have achieved.