Having a goal helps to focus your mind and energy. If we have an emotional goal, it makes us more aware of what we are thinking, how we are feeling, and it can sharpen our ability to let go of anything that keeps us from our goal. Having an emotional goal can make finding happiness easier…
Wanting To Be Happy - Is It OK To Want Happiness?
During recent group Zoom meetings I have been asked if the desire for happiness or the desire to feel good implies resistance against negativity within ourselves.
"If I want to be happy, does that mean I am in resistance to unhappiness?"
I would say not necessarily. Happiness is a natural preference, in the same way that pleasant food is preferred over garbage. Once the fight against unhappiness or negativity starts to come to an end, there gradually becomes more space for us to choose a way to feel, if we want to do such a thing…
The Practicality Of Feeling Good And Happy
Wanting To Be Happy
The Happiness Sauce
When I walked into the restaurant that day, I had no idea what I was in for. Life, for me, had become a dull blur. Always the next thing to do, then the next thing, then the next thing. Life had become dead. It had even become normal, so that I was used to a certain numbness, a certain postponing of death until it was finally all over...