The Course in Miracles talks about God’s will for us is to be happy.
Why do we make it so hard? I don’t believe we consciously choose unhappiness. We have spent a lot of time, looking for happiness in all the wrong places; a relationship, job, vacation, new car, children and so forth, expecting people, experiences, or things to fill us up.
I have a history of standing on a mountain of “not good enough”, looking for other’s words and actions to change how I felt about myself.
Feeling unloved and trying to please everyone, left me feeling “stuck” yet safe in the “poor me, it’s not my fault, there’s nothing I can do” drama
I had no idea that I actually had a choice in what I thought about and how I felt. My emotional intelligence was in the hands of everyone but me, so I thought. I was a reactive being, thinking I had no control over my thoughts and emotions.
I am thankfully now aware that I get to choose what and how I think about things which in turn puts me in charge of my emotions. I can choose happiness, just by the mere fact that I can choose what I focus on. This simple concept has changed my life. Are there times when my ego self wants to be reactive instead of proactive, for sure; awareness is the first step in our ability to change.
As I daily, hourly, moment by moment, challenge my thoughts; I reach for my Higher Holy Self to guide me in love.
Today, I pray that God’s will be done; that we step into the happiness that is waiting for us, it’s a choice.
And so it is!
blessings & love,
Until next time, BE radiant, radical & real!
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