Seek Happiness First
What are you seeking in your life? In the book "Creating Affluence" by Deepak Chopra, M.D., it is written:
"When we seek money, or a good relationship, or a great job,
what we are really seeking is happiness. The mistake we make
is not going for happiness first. If we did, everything else
would follow."
When we seek the money, what we're really seeking is what we think the money will bring us. When we seeking the good relationship, what we're really seeking is what we think the relationship will bring us. When we seek the great job, what we're really seeking is what we think the great job will bring us.
What we're really seeking is Happiness!
So, why don't we go for this first? How come most of us are not taught to seek happiness directly? There are many reasons for each of us I'm sure. However, in America, we're bombarded all day with messages from advertisers and peers and society that we're supposed to want more money, a better car, a better job, etc.
We have to break away from these messages and turn inward. We have to turn inward and ask what it is that will truly make us happy. Chances are, its not the job, the money, the relationship, or whatever. Chances are its something unique to each of us.
So, how do you find out what will make you happy?
Truly, a lot of it is trial and error. However, there are ways to target your trial and error attempts. For instance, if you think you need a great, high paying job to make you happy. Start by thinking what type of interests you have that you enjoy. See how we're focusing on the happiness aspects and not necessarily the monetary aspects? What are your hobbies? What are your interests? What areas of your current job do you enjoy? When you wake up on Saturday morning with no real plans ahead of you, what do you find your self doing for enjoyment?
You want to identify these interests and begin focusing on them. You want to develop these interests you enjoy into some form of a job or work interest. For instance, if you find yourself working in your garden on Saturday morning, ask yourself what aspect of this is enjoyable. Is it the incredible aspect of nature and spirit creating living, thriving plants? Or, is it the beautifying of an area from ordinary to spectactular? Is it manual aspect of your hands in the dirt, moving soil and redirecting water flow?
Whatever your answer, begin focusing on how to turn that interest into something. It may not be that you can immediately turn your interest into a start up business so you can quit your current job. But, you might find that you begin planting some seedlings that you can cultivate for weekend sales at a local market or even some flea market type set up. You might find that you can offer your design services for free to family and friends. However you can begin, just begin. If it turns out that this area of interest is truly your passion, it almost assuredly will turn out to have some way of generating a sustainable income for you. It may not earn 6 figures (although it may), but you just may find that working 10 hours a day on your passion doesn't seem like work at all and, lo and behold, you find yourself enriched and passionate about your work. You may find yourself Happy.
This is the process of seeking happiness first.
The same holds true if you think you must find that perfect person. Most people focus on what they think that person will do in their life. They focus on how they think there life will be different. Then, they go about putting themselves into new locations (night clubs, grocery stores, etc) trying to randomly find someone and force them into a mold of what they need to make them happy. The problem here is that you cannot force anyone into anything. You cannot reshape people. They are who they are.
I say, instead, focus on yourself and what makes you happy. Ask yourself "Who am I?" "What do I enjoy?" If your answer is "I enjoy old cars", then let go of trying to find someone and go find some old cars. Go to an antique car show. Why? Because that's what makes you happy. When you're in your element enjoying every physical, mental and emotional aspect of what you enjoy, you stand a much better chance of finding that someone who enjoys the same things as you. The odds that the incredible person you seek who makes you happy skyrocket. Why? Because you're focusing on your happiness first.
Focus on your happiness and what makes you happy and everything else will fall into place. If you focus on things that are of secondary importance, you will find you live a life of only secondary importance. What a shame your life will be.
God (or Spirit or whatever your belief system is) put us here to enjoy this incredible place He made and help others do the same. We are here to enjoy. We are here to find fullfillment. We are here to bask in His glory. If you are not currently living a life of fullfilling happiness, it is probably because you're not seeking that which makes you happy.
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