True happiness comes from within
True happiness is never found from external items. True happiness is found from within yourself. If you look outside of yourself you’ll always be looking outside and you’ll always be looking at someday instead of accepting and appreciating the now.
I need to have that car and look a certain way and I’ll be happy
I need to have a boyfriend / girlfriend and be loved and I’ll be happy
I need to move to the other side of the world and I’ll be happy
I speak from experience when I say it doesn’t work and it doesn’t bring happiness. Let’s consider - what happens when...?
You save and finally buy that car. You get a little attention for a few months but then the car becomes old news. What’s next? Do you buy an even nicer car?
You meet a guy or girl. You fall in love, totally bliss out on one another, having sex multiple times per day. Then what happens after 9 months when things settle? Sure, you’re still in love but your happiness is dependent on this other person. That’s a lot of pressure to put on your partner.
You move to the other side of the world. You’re in a new place, make new friends and explore some gorgeous places. What happens when you’re no longer the new foreigner, and the city is no longer new? What’s next? Do you move again?
You’ll just continue looking for the next thing. No matter how many external things you seek, you’ll only ever be searching for the next thing. We have to decide to be happy amongst it all. The ‘good’ and ‘bad’ and during the highs and lows. Life will continue to life but we have the choice to flow or resist. You may end with the beautiful new car, in love and living on the other side of the world but you’ll only then find the next thing you think you need to be happy. In my opinion, true happiness is found from within and it’s only when we choose to be our own happiness and choose to accept the now and present will we find the greatest happiness of all.