From Shortcuts to Happiness.

I feel that its really sad that schools do not offer classes on “how to be happy” (amongst other classes like how to be a mum or a dad I didn't know one end of a baby from another!!) instead we’re taught to think that we are responsible for all of the problems brought about in our own life and the lives of others. Is it any wonder that we get angry, because of all the pressures real and imagined. We start to take medications to calm us down cos its exam time, cheer us up cos we're depressed, give us energy, help us to sleep…… sometimes abusing those very things that we wanted to help us. Well why not ……..we feel that we have the weight of the world on our shoulders………. or so it seems. So often we try to change the world around us by trying to change others. Well I got news for you guys. It dosn't work. Honestly. I tried, it really dosn't work! We keep looking at solutions to problems all outside of ourselves, which can appear so overwhelming and complex that any reasonable hope of success seems impossible and probably is.!! “What can I do?” we ask ourselves in despair. “I’m just one person.” A kid as well. The simple answer is that we can only change ourselves. The irony is that for us individually and for the planet collectively there perhaps is no issue more important than personal happiness. I don't mean going out partying every night. I'm not talking about 'having a good time' and feeling 'happy for an hour or so' To be happy – and all that happy implies- means, comfortable, loving, accepting, nonjudgmental, joyful, at peace with oneself, doing the next right thing, might in fact be the best prescription for dealing with what most of us are concerned with on a global, communal and personal level. If just one person changes, becomes happier (and it is a choice) touches another with a more loving, peaceful and generous hand, then the world has indeed, become a more loving and peaceful place. This has an effect on the world like a stone being thrown into the middle of a pond, its ripples spread throughout the water. Try it next time your angry, with your, Mum, Dad, brother, sister or friends. Put your pride (hurt feeling, cos usually your just feeling sorry for yourself, sorry but be honest!) to one side and say a loving or kind word instead of an angry one, you’ll be amazed at the difference! Acceptance is the pathway to happiness!! We can’t change what isn’t ours to change. We Are the Difference. www.simsolworks.blogspot.com