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Liara Covert
Jenny Mannion of Heal Pain Naturally tagged me to list 10 things that made me happy today. I invite you to visit her blog at
http://healpain.blogspot.com/2008/07/10-things-that-made-me-happy-today.html
As my sense of inner happiness is unconditional and unchanging, my approach to this meme is to highlight how I reinforce what I already know. These aren't things I do intermittently in hopes of seeking happiness. What I do each day doesn't change this joy.
For me, joy is a constant, uplifting state. If you choose to explore this perspective, you might consider these 10 strategies for rediscovering what joy you have always had:
1) Choose to hold specifically high vibrating thoughts to attract better experiences.
2) Devote time to your passion for creating.
3) Realize you can be happy for no identifiable reason.
4) Visualize something you can accept as a real possibility.
5) Allow 'doing' to spring from your essence rather than assume 'doing' will lead you to it.
6) Imagine peaceful resolutions to sources of conflict.
7) Expect complete heath, spiritual-connectedness, meaningful interactions.
8) Recognize you can't arrive at happiness via physical action when its a mental choice.
9) Sense you come from happiness and be aware of the causes and effects of thoughts.
10) Learn to just "be" in the now.
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You would not nuture a dream if you didn't have the faith to accomplish it. Learn that you have the power to draw on faith beyond that which you sense inside yourself. Higher Forces also share their energy vibrations. They offer you supernatural faith to expand.
Perhaps you wonder how you could know happiness after feeling so discouraged. Perhaps you ask yourself how to 'hang in there' when times seem tough. Set yourself free from what other people think. Discard those doubts, "I can'ts," and ideas that don't matter.
Remind yourself different kinds of faith exist. You may want to know what is happening to you physically, things that explain why you seem to sense things about yourself and other people. Its all part of your path. You sense what works, what is right, when people lie to themselves and to you. You understand their behavior and it mirrors back who you are.
Some people believe anger is the most disturbing emotion. These feelings affect not only an angry person, but also anyone around. You may ask what kind of approach would be in your interest. How do you respond to anger expressed by others toward you?
When anger clouds someone's mind and judgment, the effective approach is to react with compassion. You can avoid reacting with aggression. If you permit yourself to get angry, you create more causes for your own suffering. Discipline is always an option.
You may not realize that patience is the strategy for greater contentedness. Positive thinking can enable you to experience uninterupted happiness. To view hostile people with gratitude is an opportunity to practice patience. How often do you take it?
As you reflect on angry people you encounter in your life, you realize that perceived enemies provide rare and valuable opportunites You gain useful insight into yourself, into mind-control and into ways you can stretch your understanding of patience.
Whether its in your workplace or some other area of your life, it may seem disconcerting if you have the impression someone hates you. This negative vibe may evoke a very strong feeling. You might ask what you did wrong? What can you do about this anyway?
First of all, hate is an offshoot of fear and vulnerability. What you perceive in others reveals deeper feelings in need of healing. Each experience you have is meant to assist you to transform into more profound awareness. Hate and fear are the opposites of love.
If you hate someone, then this enables that person to exert power over you. This is an invitation to push your figurative and emotional buttons. Life is all about learning to detach from such manipulation. Life always evolves differently than you expect it to be.
Some people think hate is an illusion, that it doesn't really exist. People imagine different forms of rejection and disapproval as a mirror or reflection of insecurity. To think positively helps to dissolve such images. Shatter myths you create out of fear. You did nothing wrong. Everything is realtive. Just change your attitude. Discipline your mind.
Imagine you start to realize that how you are thinking and behaving no longer reflects who you really are. Maybe something just doesn't feel right anymore. Maybe you simply think differently. Whether or not you realize it, this is a blessing in disguise.
Its easy to recognize you are constantly growing and changing physically. At the same time, your mental awareness is stretching at its own pace. As you become more discerning, your impulses and intuition seem to point you in new directions because you're becoming more attuned to them. How do you know if your instinct is right on?
Rather than focus energy on thoughts about what isn't working, spend energy on what is. For instance, if it feels right to practice some sport or skill, do that. If you notice you're improving in some area of your life, then focus more on that. If your appetite is growing or shrinking due to activity, listen to the messages and eat accordingly.
If your gut tells you to seek advice, do it. If newly-discovered talent is getting you attention and work opportunities, then concentrate on that. Whatever generates positive developments in your life is a meaningful direction to take.
Similarly, if you sense you no longer relate to the behavior of people you have known, gradually create distance. If spending time in a particuar setting evokes negaive feelings, stop going or at least minimize the period you spend there.
If you no longer feel good about some of your eating habits or leisure activities, then its your prerogative to make different decisions. To stop doing those things that evoke negative feelings is a step toward shifting focus to transform your mindset and action.
Choosing to view everything as a blessing in disguise means you realize you have a choice about how to live your life. You can decide everything that happens is sending you positive, subliminal messages. After all, what motivated you to get out of bed every day?