Six Steps to Happiness

By Mary McCauley

Step One:

Accept where you are at the moment and make the best of it. Take time to know where you want to be and how to get there, but for now be in the moment. Don't wish for yesterday, but do dream about tomorrow. What steps can your take to be where you want to be? What actions do you need to take to get there but wait, be sure it's where you truly want to be. Right now, be happy where you are.

Step Two:

Be Willing to Learn. There is no truth to the axiom 'you can't teach and old dog new tricks'. No matter where we are in life, we are capable of learning something new. Never stop learning, it can bring so much joy.

Step Three:

Simplify Your Life. What is it that makes us think the more we do the better we are? Why do we allow ourselves to become so over burdened with 'have to do this and have to do that'? When do we take time to just 'be'. Can we be happy running here, dashing there, getting this, getting that? We need to choose what we are going to do carefully. If it isn't vital to your life, you can turn it down. Omit one unnecessary thing from your life right now and make time to just be.

Step Four:

Anticipate. Look forward to things coming into your life. Visualize them. Feel them as if they are already here. A warmth will embrace you, a smile will sneak onto your face and your eyes will light up. This is how happiness feels. This is what you can make happen. Believe in yourself and anticipate good things.

Step Five:

Spread Happiness. Wherever you go, take a moment to do something that will make another person feel good. See if you can make someone smile. The more people you can give a feeling of happiness to, the more happiness you will feel.

Throw off thoughts that are negative, they don't belong in your life. Wrap yourself in those things that bring you joy and keep them always within reach.

Step Six:

Be Thankful. No matter what you have in your life, be thankful. Start a gratitude journal. Everyday take a moment to be thankful for something, even if it is just that you got up in the morning and had a new day to embrace happiness in your life. Be thankful for the little things, then watch as the bigger things come into your life. It happens. You can start it happening right now by being thankful for this moment.

Author, retired group tour director, I spend my time helping others on the internet in various areas of living. From traveling free to a healthier heart, my life time experiences and my joy of researching subjects I hope help people. I love sharing what I learn.

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I love writing, communicating and being with my grandkids. It truly is a great life.

7 Ways to Know the Elusive It!

How many people are still trying to find IT? You know what I mean, the elusive IT, your very own Genie in a bottle who will turn life's hurricanes into sunny days for you? After a lifetime of curiosity, study and personal experience I attracted IT! Yes, I found IT, my very own Genie who saved my life and allows me to play a bigger game. A bigger game is about creating your own reality instead of living life by default. Are you ready to find IT? May I suggest you are ready, otherwise you would be reading something else right now! Enjoy!

Did you ever play 'tag'?

Remember how fun it was to run and chase each other until we got close enough to stretch our little arms as far as they would reach and yell, "You're IT" then run away as fast as our little legs would carry us!

Over the years IT kept showing up on my radar screen as a mystery. You know what I mean; the elusive IT individuals seek outside themselves. Our very own Genie in a bottle to turn life's hurricanes into sunny days!

A lifetime of curiosity, studying ancient teachings, the newer sciences like quantum physics and applying what I learned, brought IT to me! Yes! I found IT and now you can too!

Here are 7 ways to experience YOUR truth, when you are ready. I suggest the fact you found this article may be a 'clue' that you are ready!

1. Be aware ... are you willing to open your mind and heart to another reality? Reality is not what your eyes show your mind; reality is what your mind creates for your eyes to see. New awareness invites you to explore who you are another way and create the reality you choose instead of playing small. There are millions of resources to expand awareness through Internet.

2. Be present ... Imagine outer life is a gigantic movie screen where every person, event and circumstance is on time and on purpose. When you are present, new awareness allows you to see beyond limiting beliefs and patterns. Every present moment is an invitation to expand awareness of yourself through personal 'experience' so you can play a bigger game!

3. Be focused ... everything is energy with power to cause things to happen including our beliefs, thoughts, words, actions and feelings. Our ability to think makes us creators! YIKES!

What we oppose grows so focus ONLY on what you DO want. End judgment, criticism, complaining, blame and other low vibration reactions. Why? Because focusing on what you do not want attracts more of the same! You creator you!

4. Be your word 100% ... this is huge family! Be authentic and be consistent! Keep your commitments unless there is mutual agreement to change them. Failing to be your word creates chaos within you that will show up on your movie screen in life. Continued chaos and escalation are repeat invitations to mature parts of you by coming into full integrity; a prerequisite to playing a bigger game.

5. Be grateful ... How we do the little things influences the bigger things in life. When life sends you a gift, regardless of how insignificant it may appear to you, receive with gratitude! Pick up that penny on the ground and exclaim, "Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am a money magnet!"

Let someone open that door or help you in other ways. Refusal ... is an energetic signal you are closed, causing life to redirect its many gifts to someone who is open to receive and grateful!

6. Be curious ... You are more than what meets the eye. Whatever shows up on your movie screen in life is your creation and within you is the ability to make quantum improvements. Google Consciousness; quantum physics; Law of Attraction; Charles F Haanel; Barbara Marx Hubbard; Wallace D Wattles; Our Ultimate Reality. Ask deeper questions!

7. Be IT ... the elusive IT is within you! The SOULution to every dilemma is inside you. Every present moment on your movie screen in life, IT is showing you what is truly going on inside you. It is showing you hidden parts of yourself ready to mature and play a bigger game! Every experience is an invitation to know the REAL you in body mind spirit!

The elusive IT we seek outside ourselves is Inner Truth or Spirit, a particle of Consciousness known by many names including God, Life, Yahweh, Allah, Universal Mind, All That Is or Other Name.

You are IT ... Inner Truth or Spirit
As IT uniquely expresses, experiences, expands
and evolves throughout eternity.

Instead of recommended chemo and radiation early 2007, my Inner Truth or Spirit restored wellness following the removal of a tumor found to be in stage 3 colon cancer. Pay IT forward will you?

Doreen blends 33 years in corporate with a lifetime of personal development and experiential learning to 'experience' truth rather than parrot others beliefs. Doreen's recipe for creating the life you truly want includes a curious mind, open heart and willingness to explore the unfamiliar.

Inspired by ancient wisdom and newer sciences like quantum physics, Doreen explored deep within herself where she found IT ... the elusive IT, her very own Genie in a bottle, opening a world of new beginnings and endless possibilities.

"I teach people how to remember truth. Whose truth? Inner truth or spirit, the only power that is real. I consider myself an Alchemist, helping people transform life's perceived hurricanes into sunny days."

In 2007, Doreen was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer. Active cancer cells following surgical removal of the tumour called for chemo and radiation. Instead, Doreen connected within to the only Power that is Real and within 6 months her biology was restored to wellness naturally and permanently.

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10 Steps to Becoming Happy Now

By Steven Milbrandt

Feeling happy is something everyone wants. Whether on not you admit it to yourself, being happy is something each of us seeks. The positive feelings the come from helping others and doing something well are wonderful. These are two examples of actions that we take that provide us good feelings. This reinforces our desire to do more. A cycle of positive repeatable actions not only benefits the intended recipient but also the giver. This is an example of a tangible action with verifiable results. Philanthropists do what they do for a number of reasons. They often express it this way: They want to give back for the good they have received. Yes they may not do what they do for purely altruistic reasons, but neither can we, nor should we attempt to determine motives by speculation.

Isn't it better to make every attempt to live a happy and satisfied life and help others to do the same? A famous person once said, "Give enough people what they want and you will get what you want too." The problem is that negative circumstances and problems seem to crowd our lives. The result is that often people become overwhelmed, discouraged and depressed. How can you move from feeling negative, despite all that is around you that makes you feel much less positive than you would like to be? Below are "10 Steps to Being Happy Now". Read them through and find more information at the end of this article.

1. Realize that feelings whether good or bad are just feelings. This means that you can change them. You are the one who gives yourself permission to feel a certain way in any given moment. No one else can tell you how to feel.

2. A feeling is a signal that your body gives you to take action. Recognize this and evaluate what your next step should be. Often we don't know what steps to take or take the wrong action. This does not resolve the problem. Often it only makes it worse. Try to be aware of the signals that your mental and physical states are trying to tell you and take corrective action. Sometimes these feelings are the result of negative events just past.

3. Sometimes events trigger negative associations from the past and we are not even aware of this. A long passed event buried in our subconscious mind can resurface. Therefore be as aware of your past as possible and reinforce negative events with positive ones in your mind.

4. Your mind is like a computer. It will play back to us whatever we give it. If we focus on negative things, then that is what will show up in our thoughts and actions most often. Give yourself positive thoughts and associations. When you find yourself thinking a negative thing, force yourself to stop the thought process in your head and replace it with something positive.

5. Reflect on all the good things there are in your life. The fact that you are even able to evaluate your situation and move toward some positive outcome is a good thing.

6. Take time to step outside of your situation and do some good for someone else. Even if it is just listening to someone or offering your time to them. This is a worthwhile contribution and a valuable gift. Time is limited so when you give some away for the good of others, you really are giving of yourself.

7. Remember that the person you are now is the result of all your past thoughts and actions. While this may seems scary, if we used that information to act and think more positively, we can change our outcomes and begin living a better and more fulfilling life.

8. Give yourself permission to be sad or depressed and a negative event, situation or circumstances for a specific set period then move on with a fresh outlook and optimism.

9. Resolve that the most important choice you can make on a daily basis regardless of your circumstance is your choice of attitude.

10. Being happy is not dependent on what you have. Some of the poorest people on the planet are the happiest. In contrast, some of the richest are the unhappiest. If you set your happiness on things, you will always be disappointed. True happiness comes from inside. This is often related to finding something bigger than us to believe it.

When we look for the good around us we will find it. Inspire someone today with your keen sense of self, a positive self-image and a passion for helping others. Happiness does not need to be elusive and complicated. Become aware of the signals that your mental and physical body is giving you. Learn to take proper action of the electro-chemical signals in your body and you will find happiness.

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Peaceful Within

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Gini_Grey]Gini Grey

When your heart is full and your mind is empty you find peace. That place of inner stillness where the flow of your life meets the flow of the universe. Where you move through your day in effortless ease. Have you enjoyed any of those days recently?

What stops us from living peaceful lives? Is it the doings of others, the circumstances of life, or is it simply our own resistance to ease and joy? Perhaps it's our attachment to struggle and effort. Whatever it is, no one can bring us peace except ourselves. We sometimes live our lives as if waiting for someone to capture peace in a jar and give it to us as a present. I can just see someone opening the lid and exclaiming "where did it go, it was here just a second ago." Peacefulness isn't something we race after, accomplish or hold on to. It's a day to day, moment by moment space we choose to be in.

Being peaceful involves living life from a place of love, trust and authenticity. It means letting go of our inner arguments and outer judgments. Ultimately it's about turning the wheel of control over from our ego to our true self. Are you willing to do that in order to feel peaceful?

Explore these questions to gain more insights into peacefulness:

* When do you feel peaceful? Are you peaceful out in nature, on vacation, with certain people? Reflect over what times and what situations, circumstances and people you have felt peaceful with in the past?

* How do you define peace? What does it feel like physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally? What does your life look like when you are peaceful? Brainstorm a list of ways you can bring more peace into your life.

* What do you let interfere with your sense of peace? What situations, circumstances and people trigger you to shift out of a peaceful state? What about your own inner thoughts, arguments and judgments?

Try these inspiring ideas to have more peace:

* Spend some time out in nature and notice how peaceful it is. Let yourself match that calming energy. Let your thoughts go, your mind still and your body settle into stillness. Bring back a scene from nature in your imagination to reflect on when you need help finding your inner peace.

* Take time each day to sit with your eyes closed, relaxing your body and finding your inner stillness. Let this peacefulness fill your whole body down to the cellular level. Set your intention to bring this with you into your daily activities.

* When you find yourself being triggered or irritated by others, circumstances or your own inner thoughts, ask yourself if you want to feel grumpy or peaceful. If you choose peace, do what you need to in order to reconnect to that state of being.

Gini Grey is a Transformational Coach and author of the book "From Chaos to Calm: How to Shift Unhealthy Stress Patterns and Create Your Ideal Balance in Life" and the CD, "Create What You Want In Your Life". Gini utilizes a powerful blend of Spiritual Energy Awareness, Co-Active Coaching and Wellness Counselling tools to guide people to connect to their inner truth and bigness, move past blocks and create a life of joy, ease and freedom. For more information, articles or to receive a complimentary monthly e-zine, "Insights & Inspiration", visit http://www.ginigrey.com

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