Secret to Happiness

If you wake up and long for joy to be in your heart, it can be, especially if you know the secret to happiness and I am about to share it with you. So grab a cup of tea and get ready to change your life! Yes, I promise you, this can change your life.

Are you ready? Truly ready? You should be!

Now is THE time to invite joy to live in your heart daily and not have it as a fleeting experience. I know you are on the edge of your seat, waiting to hear the BIG SECRET to happiness! Ok – I’ll share now.

The truth about having happiness play a prevalent role in your every day life is….

…TO JUST BE HAPPY!!

Yes, you read that correctly. It really IS that simple! Choose happiness!

Alright, you might be thinking – “Are you serious? There has to be more to the secret than that!” Well, to that, I answer, I am dead serious. God created you for purpose. Your life is meaningful and powerful. He has plans for you to share your greatness with the world – to be the change, for you to finally awaken to your truth and to own the fact that power lies in the core of your authentic self. Unveil it.

So having said that, you are responsible for the energy you bring into the space around you. You are in charge of your mood, attitude and feelings. You don’t get to blame anyone else. Listen, I know how life is, it tends to push you down repeatedly, daring you to get up and sometimes you can’t muster enough strength to do it. I am also aware that  life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows with pretty prancing unicorns but it is pretty darn close – if you choose to see it that way. What I mean is that you don’t have to live buried under darkness and the ugly of what life throws at you. You are capable of making a solid choice to rise above it and release it. There is beauty all around us. God created it for us to see and enjoy even in times of sorrow and tribulation. You have to make a purposeful decision to seek out moments of happiness in good times and bad.

Mondays are  notorious for being the bearer of all things moody. Monday is the epitome of BLAH! ——> If you choose it to be. But what would happen if you chose to view Monday as another beautiful day that the Lord has made and be glad in it? Find the littlest things to hug your spirit alive. If you allow the sun to warm your heart, the ocean to breathe peace into your soul, the birds to sing you a sweet melody; it can truly change the outcome of your day – even on a Monday.

CHOOSE JOY! It is easy and free! (We all love easy and free, right?)

Allow your smile to be the gift that brightens someone else’s day! What we put out into the world is what comes back to us, so be sure what you are sending out is GOOD! Get your mind, body, and soul in alignment with the very thing you are longing for and wish to be. It is time to get out of the mud, dust off the cobwebs and clear out all that does not serve you on your journey towards happiness and peace. In order to sink into contentment, one must secure balance and believe that God has plans to prosper you, not harm you, (Jeremiah 29:11). Trust.

Show up!

Do the work!

Rise!

And then sit back and watch as happiness crowns you the queen (or king) of joyful living! It feels so freaking fabulous to be free and live your truth and love your authentic self. Author Anne Lamott once said,

“Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life. It has given me me. It has provided time and experience and failures and triumphs and time-tested friends who have helped me step into the shape that was waiting for me. I fit into me now.”

Life will bring you sorrows but it is still ultimately your choice to experience it, feel it, learn from it and move forward or to continue living the same way you always have – drowning in self-pity, living in the recesses of darkness, spinning out of control- staying stuck. You have the power to choose. Don’t ever give that power away to someone else. Wake up praising God for gifting you another day and always end your day with a grateful heart.

So, you see, friends, the secret to happiness is not as difficult as you thought.

Dance with laughter. Decide to live outloud!

Be bold with love. Be gracious with sharing joy!

Make a plan to grow your dreams into reality.

Cultivate the life you want! It is waiting for you!

Affirmation of the day: Say it. Own it. Live it.

I see the beauty in myself and everything around me and I rejoice, for I am alive! I choose to be happy!

Scripture of the day: Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness.

Be a blessing. OX