On Being Unreasonably Happy



Posted: Sunday, November 02, 2008

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It is true that all things we do are ultimately done so that we can feel better, but trying to find happiness from anything outside ourselves is ultimately a losing proposition.  Like trying to earn  love, striving to find or deserve happiness may yield conditional positive results.  Daring to realize that true love and lasting joy are already within us and do not come to us from some outer source is the key to living our lives with freedom and enthusiasm.  We have been conditioned to seek love, fulfillment and happiness by having conditions, people and events match what we think we need.  So when things or people don't comply with what we feel we need, we react with feelings of displeasure. 

I have had outrageously good "luck" come my way as well as outrageously bad "luck."  I, like many people, felt elated by my good fortune and devastated by my bad fortune, never realizing the extent to which I was making myself powerless in each circumstance.  I realize what gifts my bad times offered me, because after many trials and bumps in the road I gradually realized I had to find a way tochange the way I felt, the way I reacted and ultimately the thoughts I had on various subjects.  I had to learn to believe in myself before an amazing thing happened.  The amazing thing that I discovered was that love is within me and it is unconditional.  This love is powerful, feels awesomely joyous and asks nothing of me.  It is not a mother's love or a lover's love; it is a universal force of love and life and it satisfies beyond anything this world can offer.

The great thing about realizing that we are innately loving and loved, and that we are innately joyful, is that we can see the world through the lens of this love and not react to the things we do not like.  We can dislike a politician or an event and still live in this state of love.  The ouside stuff does not jar us because we do not hold so many requirements of what must be in order for us to feel happy.  We are happy for nothing and anything we like is just icing on the cake.

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