The Key to Happiness | WBT March 13, 2022

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WBT… About the key to happiness.

We’re going to let you in on a little secret: happiness is not a pursuit (sorry, Kid Cudi.) It’s a choice.

Turns out, the key to happiness is simple. It’s the decision to be happy.

I had this A-ha! moment reading Marianne Williamson’s A Return to Love the other day. She writes about how challenging it can be to just let ourselves be happy, even though that’s actually our spiritual baseline.

The ego just LOVES to get in the way- First, it makes us focus our attention on ALL the things that are going wrong in our outer world (and yes, the world is a pretty messed up place right now.) Then, it leads us to worry about and ruminate on all the crappy feelings in our inner worlds as well. That doesn’t feel very good. And finally, just to add insult to injury, if we’re able to somehow get past those first two tricks of the ego, it makes us feel guilty and unworthy of all the joy and peace we do still somehow feel in our lives.

Gee thanks, ego.

Well, here’s the thing that I realized. There is a way to take your power back. And it’s simply choosing happiness. Try this out for yourself. Take 30 seconds to think of the last few things you worried about today. 

I’ll give you some personal examples:

• My house is a mess and I don’t have the energy to clean it right now.

• My skin is breaking out. Ugh.

• There’s a certain unknown in my future that is scaring the shit out of me.

Now try this. Return to those worries, but this time think “and I choose to be happy anyway.” (“My house is a mess and I choose to be happy anyway.”) Doesn’t that make you feel even just 2% lighter? Do you feel your ego shrinking a little bit? I sure do.

No, it doesn’t mean the stressor has magically disappeared, but there’s no denying the load has been lightened somewhat.

Mindset matters. Happiness isn’t circumstance-dependent. It’s a choice. And yes, sometimes the choice involves relying on our spiritual radar and trusting that everything will unfold exactly as it’s supposed to. But doesn’t it feel good to take your power back and make the decision to just be happy anyway?

I think so. Try it for yourself!