Happiness all the way- but how?

Its so simple and still many haven’t got it. One of the reasons many among us are unhappy is because
they are busy aspiring to meet the definition of happiness set by others, set by people around them, set by society,
set by family, by overall past and present conditioning. Once you accept the difficult part, it gets to be very simple.
And the difficult part is becoming aware of the golden truth that what suits somebody else, need not, in fact is not,
expected to suit you.

If all of us were to fulfill one goal, then God would have made replicas, not human beings.
But, we were fashioned as people with character, not cloning capabilities.
Individuality indeed is a very remarkable thing.

If you can cut all the noise around you and about you and above you,
if you can ignore expectations other than the ones you have of your own self,
if you can close your ears to demands other than those made upon you by your own intellect,
if you can listen with obedience only to the wishes of your parents(I suspect that they are reasonable and in turn, respectful of your wishes),
if you can bravely follow your calling(you gotta find it!) and define your own definition of paradise on earth,
YOU CAN HAVE IT

These three words have been my guide: decorticate(for the uninitiated it means pare down), prioritize, pursue

To someone else, success at work is a big thing; it need not be to you.
May be it even is part of his or her life’s plan to etch out an elaborate existence;
it is not what you are ordained to do.
Marriage suits some, it needn’t suit you. Relationships suit some, may be not you.
If your work is consuming your life and you’re feeling abused; opt out.
Get a jobby, yes that’s a job which is also your hobby.

Life is too short. Do what you’re meant to do,
walk the walk you’re meant to walk, you might not know what you want,
but at least you know what you don’t want in your life and that’s a good start.
If there is unrest, if there is a feeling of I-don’t-know-why-I’m-feeling-lousy-but-I-am,
then listen to your life because it is trying to tell you something.
Discord is a healthy symptom, don’t brush it aside. If you’re miserable even though you “have everything”,
acknowledge your misery.

This is only a wake-up call for the next step that you are meant to be taking and are delaying.
Do not delay….Not anymore. You’re down here for a purpose, find it, fulfill it and have fun along the way.
Find your heart because the heart is all you have. Beyond the clinical aspects of its walls and arteries and beats and
rhythms, the human heart is the compass of the spirit.
The heart has reasons because the reasons are there to lead you to where you have to go.

The heart knows-fully, frankly and fearlessly knows-what your mind, society, your friends think they know.
Let it or they fall on the side. Listen. Just listen to your heart.

Set yourself free even as you live your life because upon setting yourself free will the
realness of your spirit come back to lodge in your life.

And once it happens, it will be happiness all the way.