Are you living your dreams, or just living this life? Do you even know what your dreams are? And if you don’t know, how will you know when you reach them? I know that for the most part, we’re living a fine life. Some are working, some retired. We’re sleeping inside, eating regularly, sometimes a little too much. We are raising or have raised kids. We enjoy our relationships. We’re doing the best we can to save something so we can retire. We get out every once in a while for some fun. (I know, these are challenging times for getting out, but I’m thinking big picture. We’ll get out again) So, It’s a good life.
I’m wondering – are you happy? As in an ‘I’m in heaven’ happy?’ Like, “there is nothing I’d rather be doing different than what I am doing now” kind of happy? And what does that even mean? I go a few rounds with this question every once in a while. Here are a couple of ideas to chew on.
This idea of happiness, this pure -it doesn’t get any better than this- kind of happiness seems to be fleeting. I’ve touched it at times. I like to think we’ve all at least visited that ‘truly happy’ place. And when we do find ourselves in that feeling, in that place, do we take a moment and truly enjoy it? or does it just pass, and maybe we don’t even realize we were in it, until we’re not?
I’m thinking that to get there, to this place of happiness, we don’t need to do anything different than what we’re doing. This happiness thing happens to us just by being. Being what. Being on purpose. Living on purpose. Being more than just ‘fine’. Actually Being Happy! And, being in the moment. That’s where happiness resides.
For me, what we do or what we have isn’t really a measurement of how we truly feel about life. Interesting concept, but think about it. What if we just take a moment to look at things differently. For instance, just have a little more gratitude for what we have. Focus on the little things. Be present. And with these simple observations, we won’t have to change too much of what we’re doing. Wayne Dyer said, “change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change.” Dave says, change the way we look at things, and we can sit in the feeling of having it all. Maybe we are actually are living our dreams. Maybe, our dreams are just to experience happiness. If so, let’s take a moment and truly appreciate it.
Just sayin’