Be happy now!

Why are there not more happy people in the world?

Most of us have been conditioned to want certain things in life with the expectation, that in the getting of these things we will them be happy. We strive to get a good education, a good job, the perfect spouse, the right car, house, clothes, and yet, so many are not happy. Those that are achieving their goals, say they will be happy when they get them achieved. Or they will be happy when they find love, more money, a better car, lose weight... oh the list goes on and on and on.... and... on...

When they achieve said goal, then most still are not happy. So why is this? A lot never get to said goal, Why is this?

They are waiting for the world around them to be just so, so that everything falls into place, and then they can be happy. That seems reasonable right??? UM no. Actually, the world will always be the world. You can not bend the world into what you need to be happy. If you try, you will find (as a lot of us do) that the world, keeps on being the world.

So what is the secret of happy people? Did they figure out how to get the world around them to bend to their desires, and therefor allow them to be happy? Do they have some magic secret the rest don't know? Did they have perfect lives, and so of course they are happy?

The answer, is they do not wait to be happy. If you are waiting on something to be happy, you spend a lot of your life unhappy, just waiting. Not only that, but in your unhappiness, you attract more things to be unhappy about. The answer is not outside you. The answer is inside... connect with who you really are, honor that person, and be authentic. Make happiness your goal. But if you are in despair  don't expect to jump right up to being happy, reach for anger, then annoyance, then hope, then joy... step by step... and soon, you find you are happy, no matter what the world around you is doing.

All this inner work I am doing has made me so insanely happy lately. Usually the only way I feel like this is when I am newly falling in love... but this time, I am single, and not even trying to date. I did not win a bunch of money (well not yet)... outwardly, some might wonder what the heck I have to be so happy about... but I see so much to be grateful and happy about. And it is in that gratefulness  that I find myself getting insanely happy.

So stop waiting for everything to be perfect, and be happy NOW!