Remembering Happiness
The distractions that steal our happiness are many and immense. They poke us in the eye with their headlines and billboards. They burrow into our ears with their insults and rages. They shapeshift across our timescapes disguised as too-fast clocks and too-thick traffic, as loaded schedules and demands. So loud is their din, so maddening their pulse that even the idea of happiness can seem an irrelevant dream.
But it’s exactly because of the volume of their screeching and their scramble of demands that we need happiness in our lives more than ever. Happiness is the salve that soothes the irritation and cools the burn. It’s a set of wings that carries you above the fray.
Happiness puts you in touch with your strengths. It broadens your vision and offers new possibilities. It reunites you with your spirit and reconnects you with your sense of purpose and meaning. It revives and refreshes you and makes you human again.
When life’s pressures and demands bury your happiness, take encouragement from the fact that you can free yourself again. Happiness is a skill you can develop, a beautiful habit that you can cultivate. And all it takes is remembering that you want it—because it’s what makes your life worthwhile.
Begin by practicing remembering. And each time you remember, let your face relax into a gentle smile. Remember, and breathe. Remember, and let your tension soften for a moment. Begin with that. See where it takes you.
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