Happiness (Old Norse word hap meaning luck, good fortune) means what just happens, chance, luck.
This definition just doesn’t do it for me.
Happiness is a condition which brings about interest. So you have a sense of achievement towards something, oftentimes with regards to something you have just done.
Finding Your Purpose
So to become happy with your good self, you would have to have a pretty good idea of who you are in terms of your basic purposes in life and some immediate goals towards the expansion of your universe.
To get to that point you could sit down and write out all of your failed purposes over the past 10 years or more and after that somewhat exhausting exercise which may have emotion attached to it, just put your new future down on paper, one purpose after another. it doesn’t matter how wild your purposes are just get rid of the failures by writing them down, looking them over and letting go. Then start again, you are very capable of restarting and rebooting any failed purpose in your life.
Compassion For Others
Now you should share your happiness with others. I confess I am not always good at this but its very rewarding. Having compassion(a desire to help others on the deepest level), is a uniquely human ability to extend our beingness to include other people. It can be done in a small way such as letting someone out of a bus in front of you, listening with care and acknowledging what was said instead of pretending to listen. I don’t know if you noticed but there are a lot of other people and different cultures around on planet earth.
Maybe that’s why we are all here, to get to know one another better, live happy lives and have compassion which leads directly to Wisdom.
Yours in health,
John Keane, Spinologist
Tips
- Read the Book “Not About Being Good.” See what this Buddahist Nun from Scotland is saying about life.
- If you are not happy, then take action and write down the purposes you didn’t succeed in . Then start again and put new ones there and see where your happiness goes.
- Have compassion for the next 5 people you meet and see the difference it makes to your life.
- Come to Get Back Health Chiropractic and Wellness Clinic this week and get your spine and nervous system realigned and see how that action helps to awaken the energy in your life.