happiness

"There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way."__Eykis

Happiness is something for most of us that is a fleeting quality but something we all like to connect to & to feel and experience as much of the time as possible!

How does happiness affect us and how does it play into our lives?

Happiness is when we feel lit up from the soul within. It's when we feel a heartfelt connection with our inner soul & deeper selves, and also with all the world around us.

Happiness can be various things for different people. Some are most happy when working on a project with great focus like: gardening, cooking, building something, sports, playing music, painting, writing, etc. Others respond with increased happiness more to being outward and sociable with other people, with things like: meetings, parties, social networking, common interests, gatherings, or working together in a group for the common good.

Whatever works for each of us, the main way for happiness is the opening up within of the qualities of love and acceptance. These qualities are important and are also the ones that can allow our emotions to move, our minds to relax, and our inner spirits, along with our emotions, to flow.

We actually do have the energy within for this flow at all times as a possibility. But it is when we have happiness that we really get to experience its uplifting and positive qualities.

Positive qualities that can be the cherished gifts of our lives.

The very gifts that can open our hearts, brighten our minds, and let the joy of life flow.

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life is the flower love is the fuel

"Life is the flower for which love is the honey."___Victor Hugo

We love this quote! In all its simplicity & directness there can actually be a quite a world of wisdom that is genuine & far reaching for all of us on a daily basis.

Yes, but maybe you say, I am too busy for all of that, I have bills to pay, children to track, dinner to cook, a job I have to go to. What does "love" have to do with all of that, plus who these days has the time anyhow?

Well we would like to gently suggest here that it it love that is the actual & real reason that we exist and do all of the rest of it. Love is the fire, the inner impulse, the juice that gives us the spirit from within to meet our lives day to day, week to week, and that is the actual fuel on the soul plane that lights our spirit and gives us the energy and emotions to keep on keeping on.

Yes, these days, it can seem often get so easily & completely "lost in the shuffle." Lost in the shuffle of: the bills, the dishes, the neighbors cat, the car that needs a tune up immediately, the cousin who needs a place to stay, & more (& "the list" for all of us seems to be always so ongoing & endless, right?)

So what about love? Well making time to acknowledge it might be a place to start in a very direct & simple way. Think of maybe 3 things you actually dearly love, but have not made time for in a very long, long time.

Is there an old close friend you could call out of the blue, to meet for coffee or lunch? What about that nearby painting class you always wanted to take but never quite made room for in your busy schedule? How about a romantic dinner or weekend with your partner? How long has that one been "off the list" anyhow?

Love is fine. Love is beauty. Love is needed.

Love, being a gift we are each given here, to enhance our lives.

A beautiful flower it is always blooming. Blooming with its fragrance to light our lives deeply with its gifts of spirit and soul.

And now, this very day, is waiting . . . just for you.


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