Happiness Is A Skill {Insp}

"Happiness Is A Skill"

Like all skills, it requires practice.

Like all skills, some people are naturally better at than
others, but like all skills, almost everyone can develop it.

If you depend upon something outside of yourself to
achieve happiness, you will never tap into that inner
pool where infinite joy exists.

The first step in achieving happiness is making the
conscious decision to be happy.

You must choose happiness, as like all other choices,
it's an option.

The second step is to be aware that true happiness
comes from within you.

The perfect relationship, financial security, achieving
your ideal weight will all bring temporary pleasure, but
they will not bring lasting happiness.

Real joy can never be permanently taken from you.

Of course, you will experience sadness, grief and
confusion at times, because that's part of the human
experience, but those emotions are temporary.

Without your own, personal experience of sadness,
grief and confusion, you would not develop the
compassion and understanding necessary to help
others.

As you practice accessing that inner state of happiness,
it becomes easier to put the negative states in perspective.

Decide to be happy, no matter what.

Practice accessing happiness.

Develop the skill of living in joy.

Excerpted from Diaries of a Mystic, by Diane L. Ross,
copyright 2005 by Diane L. Ross.
Her website is http://www.dianeross.com
Reprinted with expressed written permission.
Received on Sun Mar 13 01:12:45 2005