Finding True Happiness as a Writer

There are many self help books out there on how to better your circumstances. Not one person who has access to literature can honestly say they haven’t sought out such books, or at least felt tempted to.

“How to Win Friends and Influence People” & “The Secret” are to name just a few. These books were written by helpful, intelligent, good-spirited people and their advise is valuable indeed. And they speak to a universal propensity for happiness.

We are all looking for the same things: Freedom, health, happiness and truth. We know instinctively that these are good things without anyone ever having to instruct us so.

What is good has always been good from the beginning of time and always will be.

I’d like to ask you to take a moment to imagine the wisdoms in these books as coming together as one to form a precious gem. This rare stone is being placed into your hand as a gift.

Now that you are holding that gemstone I’d like you to envision a locket. This locket has belonged to you since birth. It is a family heirloom and one of a kind. It cannot be bought or sold because its value is not of the realm of the monetary.

Envision yourself placing that gem inside of the locket; the locket resting peacefully over your heart. Once fitted into the piece nice and snug, without any worries about it ever falling out, the gemstone suddenly emanates light. You are encompassed by a warm, soft, pulsing glow. Goodness and an overwhelming sentiment of love of all things becomes your very being. You are no longer a person of doubt or fear. There is not a single regret or grudge in your heart.

You are the gem now, wholly sanctified. You and the gem are one.

That locket is your story–the truth and wisdom that lives deep inside of you. You were born with it and there can not be a price placed upon it. It’s something that can never be taken from you and something you would never sell. Because it is the very thing that makes you different and special and glorious. It makes you who you are.

If you can shift your gaze inward and find that wisdom, that truth, and match it with all of the things you have learned from others in your life (your outward gazing), then you will not only have powers to win and influence people and live a healthy affluent life–you will have the power to move mountains. You will have the power to lead, to change lives, minds, and help those around you who are suffering without ever having to answer to anyone but yourself.

You will own yourself. Hence you will own your happiness. You will be free.

I have only come to this realization recently and I am aware of my own shortcomings. Yet I just know–because I have had the honor of brushing upon my own truths and have since then set out on my own path to translate them into storytelling–I just know that I can help you to attain a sustainable peace, which will bleed into all other aspects of your life–most importantly your writing.

Believe me when I tell you this: learning how to write and learning who you truly are and what you were put on this earth for go hand in hand. There can’t be one without the other. The journey of the writer is not only an academic pursuit, it is a pursuit of the self. KNOW THYSELF.

So where should you start?

Go to a mirror and look into it. Don’t look at your features, because they are only an insignificant distraction from the real you. Look deep into your eyes and keep staring and tell yourself that you are loved. Then ask yourself this question. “Do you have a secret to tell? I’m ready know, to quiet down all the noise in my life–I’m ready to  hear  it.” Understand that everything you have ever searched for in the outside world is right there in front of you. You are the greatest gift you will ever find and the wisdom inside you will far surpass any teachings you can find on a shelf.

Just give it time and I promise you, that person you spoke to inside of your eyes will answer. In the meantime follow my blogs–cause I’ve got alot of stuff to tell you to help you on your way!