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Author: Keith Varnum
To pursue happiness is an inalienable right. To experience happiness is not. No one owes you happiness. No one can ensure your happiness. Happiness is a choice -- your choice.
The key to experiencing happiness is to put joy on your life agenda along with completing tasks and goals. Joy is a direct
Here are a few actions you can take to make joy part of your Earth journey:
1. Get outside yourself.
Take the focus off yourself and commit to being a Contributor rather than a Survivor. This may seem like odd advice, but consider how attractive "needy" feels. Ask others how you can support them and they will naturally want to support you. Life is a cosmic boomerang -- you get back what you send out.
Conduct a regular inner dialogue with your higher self. Say to your higher self, "I know you are here. I want to get to know you and pay attention to you. Please speak to me and guide my life."
Don't worry if this dialogue is entirely one-way at first. You may have been out of touch for a while. It takes time to clear the cobwebs. Persist with this inner dialogue as if you are talking to a friend -- chatting, asking questions, sharing your hopes and dreams. Sweep away mental chatter of the dead past and the uncertain future. Listen for answers. They will come.
As you begin to view life as a cosmic drama in which you are playing a very public starring role, the role of the higher self will become increasingly ( Next Page )
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