Finding Happiness in An Upside Down World
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This is an introduction to a new E Book I just completed. I have written so much about inspiration and realize the hunger for Inspiration and flight from Boredom have a lot to do with our pursuit of happiness.
The problem is partly with the definition we have grown up with for happiness. Happiness has so often been defined as the result of something else happening first.
In the past 50 years, life was more predictable and we created paths and goals. It was clear if our parents worked hard they could have a good life for themselves and their children.
More recently it has been touted that if you got good grades and went to college you could get a good job and have a better life than your parents.
But everything is gone. Parents have seen their investments halved and retirement plans often scuttled. College graduates can’t find quality jobs that have real personal meaning.
The future is extremely uncertain.
Now what is happiness?
It has to be redefined. But the glass can be seen as half full. This is a real opportunity to find the true meaning of happiness.
Happiness is not really the result of an event or accomplishment that creates happiness. That, at the most is temporary satisfaction. If our happiness is a function of an event, then we will soon be looking for another buzz. Even a QB winning the Super Bowl soon wants to win another one.
Happiness is a constant state of mind that says we are happy with who we are and why we are here. It is not job related and we are not our jobs. At the most our job might be an expression of who we are but it is not a definition of who we are.
We have to see a larger picture.
In the attached video from YouTube, “Life is Like a Cup of Coffee” the producer makes the point that we often miss the real significance because we seek happiness in things.
Real happiness would be a revelation to most people or an aha, if they had not stumbled on it before. It has to be acceptance of the fact we are perfect as we are. We are not really more perfect in the Universal sense if we lose 10 pounds; that is vanity.
Real happiness is having the opportunity to express our appreciation of who we are. Inspired chefs, football players, writers, singers, have a passion for what they do. They are happy expressing themselves in the most complete manner they can muster.
The modern world has minimized and trivialized who we are. We have often become widgets. We are destroyed by the economy because our happiness is tied to our surroundings and possessions.
Before modern times, man was self sufficient. He was connected to nature. He understood the order of things. It is time to regress to our feelings of self sufficiency but incorporate the advantages of the modern era to express ourselves.
We don’t need to kill wooly mammoths anymore, partly because since then, evolution gave us two additional brains; the limbic and frontal cortex. Now we can muster our courage, develop discipline, and use our brains to create someone that has a new perspective.
We can develop personal leadership where we grow and then we inspire those in our closest circle.
It is time to break the chains and reclaim our entitlement.
http://youtu.be/U3NgzQ9Pcsg Life is Like a Cup Of Coffee
The economic environment has changed. With the change, many of the old rules and goals for finding security and happiness have been destroyed. Companies are not employing. We need a new strategy for success in our work and have to redefine the meaning of happiness. This is a two part book and the first part is Free.
Part 1 Happiness and Work Free 8 page E Book. Download
Part 2 Life Begins at Inspiration Free 17 page E Book. See Below.
You are perfect and meant to be here now. You can find the right way to express who you are by using the energy that is waiting to pour through you. You have the same opportunity as the those achievers you admire most.
Download Free 17 Page E Book.
