What Is Happiness to You?

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Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof,
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth,
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you,
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do. 
~Pharrell

Many times the pursuit of happiness is on the path to riches, fame and fortune. We limit happiness to the state of having all of our desires fulfilled when in actuality, happiness is the key ingredient for attracting our desires. 

Often we forget that happiness is a state of inner bliss, peace and satisfaction that can only be created and maintained from within ourselves. Each of us is on a different journey in life and hence our inner bliss will be attained in a variety of ways.

Upon delving into my heart center on this beautiful Friday, I’ve come to realize happiness for myself is:

Breathe. I’m not referring to the unconscious act of breathing we partake in by the seconds. I’m speaking of ‘breathe’ in regards to awareness. The act of being present in the moment, living in the satisfaction of the now. We often reflect on the past and plan for the future. When do you slow down, breathe and bring your awareness to the moment at hand? Truly the power is in the now and that power is actualized with each conscious breath we take.

Gratitude. Having something or someone in life to be thankful for creates a wave of happiness. I release the need to believe in big or small blessings! Blessings just are and whatever fashion they come, the act of being grateful creates room for them to continue to flow into our present reality. Perhaps it’s the attitude of gratitude that determines one’s altitude in life and magnitude of blessings. 

Love. Limitless love that goes beyond your romantic partner, children, family and friends. Unconditional love that supports you in forgiving and living without judgment of others. Did you know that you can give love and affection to each person you pass in your day to day life and still have an abundance of love to give to yourself and dearest loved ones? Our ability to love reflects the limitless potentiality and abundance we are capable of experiencing in life. Unfulfilled desires are signs that we aren’t loving enough.

Dance. The ability to move my feet on the divine dancefloor has proven to be my most powerful form of meditation. Don’t sleep on it!! There is a reason why our ancestors engaged in dancing on a regular basis. It is a divine ritual, a process of releasing and receiving while in a divine state of bliss. Dance requires that you turn your focus inward, you must free your mind in order to allow your spirit the freedom to attune to the rhythm of the music. You must trust your feet to support you, hence strengthening your faith in your ability protect and care for you. In the midst of all, you are also raising your vibrational frequency which is the magnet that calls forth that which you desire. Have you ever had a night so fun that you wish for more fun and fun then follows you everywhere you go? That’s manifesting 101: like energy attracts like energy.

Serenity. Occupying a space within your physical body that is free of worry, free of desperation, free of fear, free of pain, free of sorrow and free of ignorance illuminates happiness on the outside. This is the state in which we enter the world, we incarnate with everything we need to survive and thrive, if we so choose to, in life. It is society the reprograms us into beings seeking to purchase happiness rather than creating a space within that allows us to live within it.

Power. This word can be interchanged with “choices“. Power is nothing more than acting on your ability to make choices in your life. Most times we give over our ability to choose to those we refer to as “the powers that be“. Unfortunately those who surrender their power to co-create their life with the God/Source/Spirit, hand over their ability to experience infinite happiness. If happiness visits you in spurts, that’s a sign that you have relinquished your power of choice over to one who doesn’t have your highest good in mind.

Again, we all are upon a deferent journey so the meaning of happiness couldn’t possibly end here. What is happiness to you?

God speed.

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