Happiness ๐
We all want it, but we cannot all find it.
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It hides in plain sight, just outside of our reach
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Why is it so difficult but also so simple that a child can find it?
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Because happiness is not found on a map. It's not found in food. It's not found in other people. It's not found in places.
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It is a state, not a destination.
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Our state is created solely by our thoughts.
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Our thoughts are based on our perceptions.
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Our perceptions are based on our experiences ๐
Our experiences are based on our interpretation ๐
Our interpretation is based on our intellectual and emotional maturity or our ability to process stimuli.
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If something upsets you because it reminds you of something that happened as a child then every time you interpret that stimulus you are doing so with the emotional intellect of a child. Reinterpret the event as an adult and you may change your life. The current situation is not really what upsets you rather the 'thought' or 'memory' of the past which your brain links the event to [rightly or wrongly]. ๐
Example: You and your friend watch a documentary. Your friend is a blubbering mess at the end but you are calm. Why? Interpretation. You simply interpret it differently. You choose to see it as nothing of concern your friend chooses to see it otherwise. You are both right. ๐
Happiness is no different, it is a feeling based on a thought, generated by a perception shaped by our interpretation and inevitably a choice. Mostly a subconscious one. [Generally speaking, exclusive of mental illness if course]
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Psychologists can provide tools and evidence based treatment to improve our lives.
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Counselors can provide new ways to think about things and help cope with your feelings or situations.
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Life coaches can help us see our professional and personal potential. They are all about the future and will help us achieve specific goals and overcome specific obstacles. They focus on motivating, supporting and creating confidence.
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Don't chase happiness ....... proactively engineer it. It is all in your hands....... it's your thoughs and your choice. ๐
There is no shame in asking for help either - we are not all knowing.
PERCEPTIONโ
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Humans self fulfill, meaning we prove ourselves right irrespective of anything else but our thoughts. โ
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Our subconscious minds don't know what is a good or bad outcome without our feelings telling it so. โ
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It also does not know what is real and what is just a though. โ
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If we constantly think we are 'always losing' our subconscious thinks that is what we want and therefore will continue to place us in the path that takes us there. โ
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Believe [truly] that you deserve it, see it in your mind happening, feel how you would when you reach that goal - live with certainty that at the right time it will materialise [wait for the seed to become the tree] & things will start falling into place. The right ppl will come into your life, the right opportunities etc.โ
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Thinking you are doing this and actually achieving this confident certainty is not the same.โ
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The proof is in the shift in who you attract into your life, how ppl respond to and with you and the opportunities you come across. โ
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If you don't see the shift then deep down you still believe you don't deserve to see it. โ
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I have experienced this first hand and still wrestle with it, but when I simply change how I view something I can flip it from bad to good. โ
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Perception has power over our belief in ourselves, our joy, our opportunities and just our daily interactions. โ
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Change your perception and you change your life.โ
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Audrey Hepburn โ
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If only we were all the kind of "beautiful" Audrey describes.โ
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Even to those who don't deserve it because it is not just them our actions and words affect but ourselves too.โ
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If your thoughts and actions are negative even when the situation justifies it, you attract negative like a magnet.โ
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Ever have a day that just snowballs? It starts off with one small insignificant negative that you cant shake, next there's another and another and by the end of the day you're an exhausted emotional negative wreck. โ
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The only way to try and avoid this is to feel the feeling, acknowledge it, validate it - then let it go. If we resonate or identify with it then negativity stays and brings his friends with him. If we let him visit but send him packing after he has served his purpose [which is meant to be just to process the emotions of a situation or to help focus us so we can determine a solution or outcome] then we are not hiding from or avoiding it, but allowing it to move through us and not cause problems in the future.โ
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May you all be blessed this Winters day down under and experience only that which uplifts and feeds your soil with positivity.โ
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