PRIORITIZING REAL HAPPINESS

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Understanding who genuinely wants to bring you true happiness is important. You must learn to put your heart toward those who genuinely care about you since the worst thing that can happen is for you to lose heart because you trusted in your happiness and ended up with something different than what you had anticipated.

No, I'm not going to give away the source of true happiness—a mystery that people have been searching for since the dawn of time. However, I am aware of its location. Furthermore, I do know roughly where it might be. Let's consider an example. You go shopping to get a new computer, car, house, suit, or whatever excites you. You have the money (no, I don't know where you obtain it; this is just an example), and you purchase whatever it is that makes you feel amazing, joyful, thrilled, or wonderful. Now, picture the person(s) who designed, manufactured, or produced the item(s) you purchased. Where did that individual fit that sensation in when he made it? It seems possible that you carried that emotion with you.

Imagine falling in love now. It's amazing. You're ecstatic, joyful, and feeling great. You go meet your new love, and the moment you lay eyes on him, the emotion explodes. Because you are with him and he is creating that emotion, you feel incredible. Correct? False. Once more, you carried everything with you. You might look on him to set it off, but you'll still get that feeling even if he left the world.

You lose your job. Ghastly. Your papers are handed to you. You leave inconsolable. You get a sense of nothingness. Where is the feeling you are experiencing right now in that documentation? Yes, that's correct—never. Once more, you carried everything with you. Every day when we go to work, we could all be experiencing the "I just got fired" experience. Every time we meet someone new, we all get the "I'm in love" feeling.

However, no amount of falling in love, purchasing new items, or losing our jobs will make that sensation last longer than the time it takes for us to move on. Individuals develop addictions to new material possessions, romantic relationships, or other experiences because they simply enjoy those emotions without understanding they already have them. They believe that obtaining their "fix" is the only way to maintain that feeling, therefore they have to keep doing it. The key is in understanding how to set it off on its own, independent of other people or objects. No, I'm not sure. You need to locate that one on your own. The answer is right within of you, which is the one location you would never consider looking.