The #1 Key to Finding Happiness

I was thinking the other day about the things that unify us. What do we all really want? While the answers to that question could have millions of answers, when you dig down deep, ultimately we all just want love and happiness. These are two very basic life needs that seem to get lost when we complicate life. I believe that love comes to us naturally. Love is our basic function and right as humans. When we are the true (and natural) embodiment of love, it naturally comes back to us. It’s just like The Beatles lyric, “The love you take is equal to the love you make.” Love is easy.

Happiness tends to be the elusive goal for many of us. We all want to be happy, but many of us have no idea how to attain it. When I was in Bali unplugged from the world, I thought about this a lot. When you have all the distractions you’re used to running to stripped away, you realize your true level of happiness. There were some days where honestly, I felt a little low. When I sat with myself searching for answers, what immediately came to me felt like the key to it all. I kept hearing over and over again, “Get your mind right, and everything else will fall into place.” It’s so simple yet so profound. I believe our minds truly are the key to our happiness or for many, our lack of it.

The thoughts of the mind are everything. They are powerful, they are creative, and they are what guide us to optimism or down to despair. The mind affects how we react to tragedy, to the mundane, to the brightness, and to the darkness. We don’t have control over what happens externally to us, but we always can control our thoughts and reactions to them. That is the power; that is the key.

Just like anything else, training the mind to think from love is a practice. Every single second of every day we must work towards looking at life through the lens of love. When we derail into fear, we live in chaos. When we see in love, we find peace.

I’ve found many tools in my life that help me stay in the love zone when it comes to my thoughts. With daily meditation, journaling, yoga, and mantra/affirmation repetition and studying the metaphysical text A Course in Miracles, I’ve experienced times where I feel true happiness, and when that fades, I know how to bring myself back. Happiness doesn’t have to be elusive or unattainable, we just have to start within, with our thoughts and with our mind. Get your mind right, and everything else will fall into place.

How do you find happiness on a daily basis? Let me know in the comments below! Wishing you a happy day today and always,

xoxo, Michelle