A happy life, what does that mean?  How do you obtain it?

Living a happy life is just a string of happy moments.

Unfortunately, most people don’t allow the happy moment because they’re so busy trying to get a happy life and not appreciating what they do have.

I’ve had so many people come through my door wanting to know when they’ll find happiness.

Thinking that to have a happy life, they have to get to some final destination.

To be happy you need to be content and it truly is all about the journey.

For some it’s easier said than done as they just keep losing sight of where they are, thinking that they have to work towards that happy life.

People quite often say to me:

I’m on a journey and I know I’m here but I have to get to “there” but don’t know how to.

My reply is always the same …. “where is ‘there’?”

And they never know.

Because they think that a happy life is about a destination.

When it’s not, it really isn’t.

It’s about enjoying where we are in the present moment.

That doesn’t mean that we don’t plan for the future!

We still need to constantly move forward in our own personal journey.

To experience new things and meet new people, to be put through the wringer and also to have amazing experiences.

If you want a happy life you can’t just stay put in your journey, that means that you’ve stagnated.

That you’re just keep going around and around in circles.

If you want a happy life you can’t sit back and wait for something to happen, you need to realise that you have to play your part in it all.

Remember, that happiness and contentment with our lives is something that happens WITHIN us – it’s got nothing to do with what is happening in the world around us.

So, if you’re after that happy life, then start appreciating what you have rather than focusing on what you don’t have.

Count your blessings, continue to grow and learn.

Stop comparing your life to someone else’s because they’re on a completely different journey to you.

What makes you happy and content will be different to someone else.

For some, it’s living the life of a gypsy, travelling around in a caravan and seeing the country and the world.

Then for others, it’s having the security of their own home, feeling settled is what gives them a happy life.

While for others, a happy life is all about reaching career milestones.

None of those things is wrong, it’s right for that person.

When you focus on you and your journey and stop and smell the roses and enjoy all those little snippets of happiness and contentment …

Then you’ll have a happy life.