Happiness is something that so many people strive for each day and yet many times it eludes them. Often, they feel that happiness can be theirs if only their situations were different.
Have you ever felt like that?
So often we get caught up in what I call the “if only”.
“If only my husband and I had more time together.”
“If only I had a better job.”
“If only we had a bigger house for our family. “
The list can go on and on…
We can waste so much of our precious time dreaming of the “if only” So many people fall into this trap and end up miserable most of their lives.
The problem is that they are looking for happiness to come to them somehow. As if it were something that could be possessed. When happiness does happen to come it seems so fleeting that it quickly passes away.
Some people think that happiness is just a feeling, but I am here to tell you that happiness is not a feeling, it can be a way of life. Happiness can be yours for the taking every day, if you will only follow some basic principles.
First, you must live in the NOW. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not promised, so you need to be present in the now.
Secondly, you must control your thinking and the thoughts that pass through your mind. Happiness can be called a state of mind and the way to happiness is bringing your mind into its proper state.
Think of this train as your thoughts. That’s right, your train of thought. If you don’t want to stay where you are then you must get on the right train to the destination you are trying to get to. And just like your mind, if you change your thought process you can change your destination to take you to the places you want to go.
The question is how do we get on the right train?
The ticket to getting on the right train is called gratitude. Gratitude is an attitude and as we look to all that we should be thankful for instead of dwelling on what our problems are we will find that we too can be whisked away to the state that we wish to be in.
There is a path to happiness and that path is gratitude.