Good morning,
Good afternoon,
Good evening.
Wherever you are,
Whatever you may be doing,
Hello.
So today I wanted to talk about happiness.
And I want to talk about it because it's something which has really kind of snuck up on me in
these last few days.
And I say the word snuck up on me on purpose because it really has.
I found myself saying to people how happy I am.
And actually,
No,
I clarify that,
Not how happy I am,
Just that I'm happy,
Full stop.
And there's been a,
What's the word,
I guess,
Development in that space,
Journey.
There's been a journey towards that.
Because I was talking to a friend of mine about places and points in time,
And in particular
this thing about happiness.
And I remember quite distinctly talking to my therapist about three years ago about
being happy.
And I think the question was probably something along the lines of,
Oh,
Well,
What is it that
you want?
What are you looking for?
And I was just like,
I want to be happy.
And at that moment in time,
I guess the feeling of happy was elation,
Joy,
Happiness.
There was very definitely a feeling that I was looking for and seeking.
And then I started on this kind of journey of growth and self-development.
And somewhere along the line,
I lost sight of seeking to be happy.
Because I think definitely there was a belief at that initial point that happiness was something
which I needed to seek out.
I needed to find.
It wasn't something that would find me.
I needed to do the work.
And in that saying,
There's most definitely truth in it,
In that I did need to do the
work.
However,
It wasn't something that I needed to consciously focus on and for it to be front
of mind all the time.
And looking back on these last couple of years,
And in particular,
These last four weeks,
I've just found myself at random times of the day just thinking,
Huh,
I'm really quite
happy right now.
And in a very different way to what I imagined that feeling would have been two,
Three years
ago.
I guess two,
Three years ago,
The word would probably have been content.
You know,
I'm very happy,
Full stop.
And I guess what I'm saying about this is that in many ways,
It snuck up on me.
You know?
And in many ways,
It speaks to what we talk about when we say letting go and trusting
the process and embracing what the universe puts in front of us.
Because if I look back at these last few years,
There is no way,
No way whatsoever I could
have controlled,
Manipulated,
Or planned my way to the point that I'm at right now.
It's not possible.
Because there are so many big,
And probably even more smaller events in this timeline
that have all come together to create where I am today.
And there's no way I could have controlled that.
So the point that I'm making is,
And actually before I get to that,
And so what happened
over these last two,
Three years was that the aim and goal of being happy stopped being
front of mind.
And in many ways,
I forgot about it.
And before even forgetting about it,
I let go of it.
I placed and set it as an intention,
And with deliberateness and with grace,
I let it go.
And forgot about it.
I forgot about it to the extent that I surprised myself about two,
Three weeks ago,
Actually
probably not even that long ago,
Maybe last week,
Where I sent a message to my wife and
I said,
I'm really happy right now.
And it's not like that happiness of,
Oh my gosh,
I just won the lottery,
Or oh my gosh,
A wedding day,
Or a child being born.
That is,
For me,
What I'm describing,
Very different.
And I guess that's the happy that I thought I would feel,
That I was chasing back then.
Which is why I say content,
Because it is contentment.
So where I'm going with this is,
You know,
Almost to the tagline that,
You know,
We hear
quite a lot,
And I truly believe in,
Which is trust the process.
Embrace the universe and let go.
Because in doing that,
You have a greater chance of getting to where you are looking
to get to.
Perhaps not in the way you believe you'll get there,
And in the timeframe that you think
or want to get there in.
But you'll get there.
And when you get there,
The way you feel in that moment very often will be very different
to what you set out that feeling to look like.
So yeah,
That's my point for today.
In many ways it's trust the process,
Embrace the universe,
And believe.
And then let go.
And let life lead the way.
Thank you.
