Easy Steps to Creating a Happier Life

Easy Steps to Creating a Happier Life

How many days out of the week do you feel excited? Yes, how many times are you really happy? Everybody can lead an extraordinary life. Turning a so-so life into a passion filled, exciting adventure is possible. But there’s a catch: It won’t happen on it’s own. If we want excitement and the feelings of joy, inner peace, abundance and excitement, we are going to have shift our focus from everything that is going wrong and place attention on the necessity of feeling good in this moment. What makes us feel good? Having dreams and desires, a sense of purpose and direction. Most of all, feeling good occurs with connection to our own excitement. Creating a life of joy requires some basic tried-and-true principles. Follow these easy steps to open the gates of greater happiness:

Stop Doing What You Are Doing
Are you enjoying life? Are you happy in your work, your relationships or in your own body and life? If you are not feeling joyous, happy, excited or energized, stop whatever it is you are doing or thinking about. Decide there is nothing more important than feeling good in your body in this moment. Take a few moments, sit still, breathe deeply and slowly allowing yourself time to relax. Activate the power of imagination. What would an enjoyable life look like? What thoughts and what fantasies warm your heart, feel good in your core center and invite your spirit?

Count Your Blessings
Nothing turns around our lives faster than enlarging our sense of gratitude. Counting our blessings means we make a decision to see things in a different way. Our focus of attention is shifted to what we like, what excites us. We look around our world and purposefully look for evidence of the excitement and abundance already present. Doing so allows us to connect more fully, more passionately to what we want. Reflecting on what is right with our world and with ourselves also results in higher levels of enthusiasm, determination, joy, serenity and energy. People who feel grateful also tend to feel more loved and more loving.

Self-appreciation
To allow good things into our life, we must find ourselves deserving. Self-appreciation is the decision we make to consciously reprogram ourselves to believe we are deserving. Living life in love and joy means being our own best friend, becoming unwavering supporters of ourselves. The words we speak to ourselves are powerful. They can elevate us into greatness and joy or plummet us into despair. They seldom have little or no consequence. Once they've been spoken, even internally, they can not be called back. Internal criticism is harmful. It is abusive. Even when we fall short of our own expectations, we don’t deserve abusive mental punishment. This style of self-persecution is definitely not self-loving behavior. It doesn’t feel good. It doesn’t lead to a happier life. We are deserving of feeling good in our bodies, worthy of focusing on excitement, worthy of receiving blessings and abundance. Self-appreciation opens the doors to receiving more success, abundance, miracles and joy.

Clarity
We often ask, “What is my purpose on earth?” Our purpose is to create with joy. Not just one big dream and then we’re done. But, over and over again, creating the next dream or desire which rises up from within. With absolute honesty, ask what is it you really, really want. If you don’t know the answer or you’re getting too expansive and elusive, focus on something small and attainable. “I want to feel good organizing my house” is as important as “I want to create a successful business.” Life feels good when we take charge of deciding what we want, and then go through the steps of being excited about effecting change in our lives. The entire process of creating is the purpose of life. Not chasing or pushing at goals. But imagining what is wanted, feeling excited about what is being imagined and allowing the energy of excitement to provide the motivation for action. Having a vision also provides direction. It allows us to zoom upwards and see the big picture when little picture of life gets difficult. Having a vision keeps us true to ourselves, our passion and our joy.
Envision SuccessInstead of constantly worrying and stressing, spend time envisioning what is wanted and desired. Enjoy the physical sensations excitement. See yourself in your ideal home, decorated exactly the way you want it look and feel. Touch the magnificent walls and artwork, breathe in the ambiance, feel the safety and comfort. Visualize abundance, your ideal career or a healthy and active body. Picture yourself being recognized and appreciated by people. See the look of validation and respect on their faces. Every day, make the choice to spend time sitting quietly and bringing your dream to mind. Fall in love with your vision. See the details, hear how wonderful it would all be. Most of all, feel the excitement your dream generates. Imagine that excitement saturating your body to such an extent the excitement exudes outwards, touching and enhancing the lives of those you love.

Believe in Yourself
Belief is a feeling of certainty. It’s like knowing the sun will rise tomorrow morning. We don’t question whether the sun will rise, spend time worrying that it might not, or imagine the worst case outcomes. Believing in ourselves requires we focus energy and excitement on what we want. We establish a loving partnership with our dream, even though the dream doesn’t exist yet in our physical reality. We spend time imagining and loving what we want, even though there is no proof of our desire. We assume our desire will manifest, just as surely as the sun will rise again tomorrow. Believing in ourselves requires spending time with what is important to us, what feels good to us. Believing in ourselves and our dreams makes good things happen.
Expect MiraclesExpect good things to happen. Be receptive and open to good things happening. Have hopeful expectations about new opportunities. Expect good fortune and eventually it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. When you are willing to believe, really believe in miracles, then they will take place in your life. Be proactive and be on the look-out for miracles. Write them down, celebrate each one. If you find a penny on the ground, treat it as a miracle and celebrate. Every time you notice something wonderful happening, tell yourself, “I’m so blessed to receive such abundance! I love this feeling! I flow with abundance and open myself to receiving more of this feeling.”

Dr. Annette Colby, RD Nutrition Therapist & Master Energy Therapist
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