How to be Happy

Happiness is not buried in a secret location. Happiness is around us every day, it is within ourselves. We just need to let it come out.
March 14, 2011

How to be Happy

If you do not have a map that shows you where Happiness is hiding, then how can it ever be found?

Happiness is not buried in a secret location. Happiness is around us every day; it is within ourselves. We just need to let it come out.

Happiness, love, compassion engulf and surround us always. Stop looking, and you will see it. Stop searching, and it will find you.

Being happy is about being. Being.

Not being any thing, not being any one… it’s about Being.

If this is a foreign concept to you, a disturbing one; if it sounds too good to be true or too simplistic or illogical or impossible… stop. Just stop. Stop thinking, stop trying, stop searching, stop looking, start Being.

Everything else will fall into place.

About the Author

Dave Ursillo is a professional life and career coach, multi-published author, writing teacher, and future mental health counselor. He has coached over 300 professional helpers since 2012, spoken and taught workshops on 4 continents, and turned more than two dozen writers into first-time authors. His words and work have been featured on Creative Live, Psychology Today, Forbes, INC, The Hindustan Times, and beyond.

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