The Direction Towards Happiness

In listening to an interview today, I heard the author of a book, "Before Happiness", Shaun Achor allude to happiness being what you feel on your way towards your achieving your life purpose.  His interview was longer and more in depth, but those words made me think about what brings happiness into our lives and how do we keep more of that feeling in the forefront of everything that we do.  I think that happiness can be a state of being and if you learn to condition yourself similar to exercising a muscle, it can be stronger and utilized more effectively when you need it.  It is my feeling that we can choose to be happy and even if the circumstances that you are in do not merit that immediate inclination, you can decide for yourself if you want to spend more time in uncertainty along with apprehensiveness or the latter.  What I have experienced over the years is that it is a lot more work to live in an unhappy state which can create the feeling of a pity party island that is difficult to be rescued from.  The people that I have seen that tend to live in this other world have found some sense of comfort in their own chaos and as a result are not as interested in living a more peaceful life.  Here is where personal choice has an impact, because one has the opportunity to be selective about what will lead us in our current state.  We can be led by negativity and uncertainty, however, the pressure of that type of living can wear anybody out.  If we strive to achieve more of what we are meant to do in this world, then we are bound to gravitate to those things that will bring more happiness onto our paths.  Think about the things that add value to yourself and others and learn to focus on those items that can continue to provide long lasting results.  One can work on focusing on the happy moments that either exist in the present or have existed in the past as a foundation for how to add to many levels of future happiness.  As we get rid of the thoughts and actions that don't add value to us, one can then find themselves in a place that is more meaningful and harmonious as a result.  In the days ahead, create a daily routine of moments that focus on happiness.  Then think about how to continue to bring more of that emotion into your life on a consistent basis.  As you continue to accumulate the desired inventory for your life, you will find that the other items that brought less positive emotions will be sifted away.  Concentrate on keeping your direction pointed towards your life's purpose and when you realize that you have more happy thoughts or moments filled with that positive emotion, you know that you are walking in the right direction.