Happiness
Happiness comes in many forms, it can be drinking a cold glass of water or seeing the birth of a child. Maybe falling in love for the first time or achieving a major goal. Some people swear they are never happy and that happiness is a fantasy, something people make up to feel good. I for one have found happiness in this life and it was not always easy.
I grew up as an only child and I was always a happy person. I found ways to find happiness through reading books about fairies, hobbits, and magicians. A smile and a laugh was always ready to be shared and given to anyone that would share their story with me. I can honestly say that laughing and being happy has lasted throughout my life, regardless of whatever hardship came my way.
As with any average person, I was not given the easy way out or everything handed to me. I have always had to work hard to get whatever I wanted in my life. I had to fight for my education and pay for it myself, I had to fight for jobs and beat out competition, and that included the fight for happiness.
In many ways happiness is a mental state, it takes a strong person to ensure that the sadness and bitterness of others does not take away ones happiness. It is not always easy to keep that sad bitterness from permeating ones own state of mind and stealing our happiness.
A few things that have kept me happy is knowing that this life is only temporary. Some people may feel this to be a morbid concept, but in actuality it is positive. Just think about it, we are here to share our soul with others if only for approximately 80 years if we are lucky. Then our soul wanders off to to the next assignment, or if we have left some unfinished business, or made life contracts we come back here to earth.
Well, I had decided long ago that while I was here that I would live the best possible life with integrity and happiness. Mind you, this is not easy and it takes a lot of work. A few pointers I can share is this, to always make sure you are giving yourself time just to be you. Give your soul the opportunity to do what it needs to do to live here on in peace. For some that may mean writing a book, for others it could be playing tennis, training for a marathon, creating a new invention, traveling the world, and so on.
For my happiness, this means that I will continue to grow in my Native American medicine practice and sharing with anyone who is interested. That sentence seems so easy, but it is actually very difficult. I must ground and center every day. I must lead a balanced life and that includes giving myself energy work daily, diet, exercise, keep my energy centers unblocked in order to remain open to give to others. An unhealthy body and mind cannot give to others fully. I must always keep updated on the knowledge I share with others to ensure that I am imparting the proper teaching. As a human we are imperfect and do not always know everything.
Even if we think we know, odds are we barely know anything at all. I think that may be a quote from someone famous (yes I am laughing.) Some people are able to trace their soul knowledge back to its beginning, I have my doubts about that but some people swear by it, so I can only shrug my shoulders and agree. Who am I to say they cannot, even though intuitively the red flags are criss crossing each other like the Indie 500. Maybe those are checkered flags in the Indie 500 but you get my point. Anyway, I do not have that gift to go back to my entire beginning.
I have had some readings and personal visions as to who I am and where I come from, and because of that this has helped me on my course. This also has helped me to maintain my happiness because at the very least I know I am on the right path and doing what I am supposed to be doing. There is something very satisfying about just that one aspect alone.
Core Happiness
To get back to the subject of my daily happiness, and what gets me to that excited feeling is energy work. The first time I was able to truly help someone through their illness was amazing. I knew I had some kind of gift as a child because everyone wanted me to rub their feet or give them hugs and love all the time. You may not know this about me, but I provide energy work to assist people with vital diseases on a voluntary basis. This takes a lot of work due to the serious nature of the illnesses. I have to take care of myself and ensure that the other person is given the choice to stay or move on (transition to the next life.) No matter how difficult this work can be, it brings me much happiness to impart positive vibrations to someone going through a very tough situation.
This coming up weekend will give me more tools for my toolbox, in that I will take a Birth Doula training at my local hospital. I will be able to use this positive energy to actually see life being brought into this world. There is nothing more beautiful in my eyes. I am so exciting for this new opportunity that I am beyond happy, I am ecstatic.
The photos I have shared with you above were on the day I became a Reiki Master Teacher and that day was beyond happy. As you can see, I could not wait to get to my Pacific Ocean (I was born there, give me a break) and celebrate my most precious moment with one of the places I could share my newfound energy full on.
You would think I had a Native American wedding by looking at the photo while holding my Eagle feather. This was a momentous occasion, since only those of a tribe are gifted by a Chief with an Eagle feather. True, anyone can just go pick up a feather even though it is illegal in North America except by those of tribal affiliation. I had been praying for this feather for a very long time, and I admit I cried about it for a few years because I wanted one so bad. It is so very true that everything happens in its own time and if we work along with what we ask for it will be given to us.
I write about this moment because it was an energetic moment that I felt I created and my prayer was very specific. I wanted a Chief to hand my Eagle feather to me, and for that to happen it had to be earned. This was one of the most happiest moments of my life. As you can see I could not write this piece without sharing my happy experience.
If you are now feeling my happiness and energy then I have done my job.
Whomever shall read this post, I wish your soul a life filled with happiness and love. Peace.
Pacific Ocean Beach at Sunset.
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