Happiness is a journey, not a destination..

Since we were very young, we have been taught and conditioned into believing that everything has to have some purpose towards some future which we may .. or may not ever reach.

Past .. Present .. Future

Imagine yourself,
standing with your left foot anchored, behind you firmly attached to something in the past ...

and your right foot is stretched out in front of you, reaching for some hoped for future so that you can get away from that past ..

Between your feet is where you are, right now, the present.

How much contact have you with the present ..
apart from what might be issuing from your body's elimination organs ..

Happiness is now .. where you are, in this moment, doing what you are doing without worrying about the outcome or trying to get away from something.

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we complete this project, do this course, get this therapy .. maybe after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our partner gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.

The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges and changes.

We have been promised that, sometime in the future, life will begin to begin - real life. But there seems to be some obstacles always in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Life embraces these obstacles, envelopes them, flows around them, under them and through the,

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the experience of living Life, fully in this moment and exploring that this moment has to offer.

So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time... you .. your self ..

and, remember that you (either consciously or unconsciously) attracted this moment to you for your highest evolution and growth.

How you handle this moment .. and the next .. and the next ..
will determine whether you will experience happiness today, tomorrow ..
or never

So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you've had a drink, until you've sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy...

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.