Most people think of
happiness the wrong way.
In fact, our society as
a whole thinks of happiness the wrong way.
Most of us had this faulty image of happiness passed down to us from our parents.
We are told becoming
happy is pretty simple:
You do great work.
Then you become
successful.
And then you’ll be happy!
When we go to school,
We are told to study
hard.
Then we’ll get good
grades.
And then we’ll be happy!
When we get a job,
We are told to work
hard.
Then we'll make a lot
of money.
And then we’ll be happy!
But at least in my
experience,
That has NEVER worked.
And I believe that it can
never work.
The one thing we get
wrong is this:
We think of happiness as
a RESULT.
We believe that we have
to achieve something and have to become someone to become happy.
But this illusion is so
very misleading that it actually causes us to be quite unhappy.
If you recall my Grab Disappointment by the Roots post,
All this does is form
expectations.
If you work hard and do "great work", you will expect to be happy in return.
Because that’s the whole
reason you’re working hard in the first place!
More often than not,
however, we will be very disappointed with the outcome…
Because it is not
happiness.
It never is.
But it doesn’t have to
be that way…
In fact, it shouldn’t be
that way!
Because that’s not how
it works.
That’s never how it
worked.
Nobody has ever become
happy this way.
Happiness has to come
first.
You have to be happy
before anything else.
Happiness is the STARTING
POINT, not the destination.
Be happy first,
And you will do great work!
Be happy first,
And you will become successful!
If you observe carefully,
The most successful
people,
The people that do the
best work out there,
The people that everyone
admires,
Are not the people that
worked hard to become happy.
They are the people that
made happiness come first.
They are the people that found happiness within
themselves first.
Consequently, they were
able to do great work because they
were happy.
Their work is a
reflection of their own happiness,
And that’s precisely the
reason it is so great!
Their work is their
vehicle for spreading their happiness in the world.
True happiness cannot come
from an external source,
It has to come from
within.
Finding happiness within
yourself is the single most important objective in life.
After all, a heartbreak
is simply a wakeup call that any external source can never and should never
serve as your primary source of happiness.
Become your own source
of happiness.
If you find your own happiness
within,
You WILL do great work.
You WILL become successful.
And you know what’s the
best part about making happiness come first?
You will always be
happy.
Cheers.
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