Live Happy Now

It’s time to live happy now. No reason to put this off to some future date when we feel we have earned our happiness.

Now is the only time we can experience the happiness we deserve. Let’s explore ways to experience this happiness regardless of what is going on around us.

Live Happy Now without Guilt and Regret

“Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.”

— Plautus —

A major stumbling block to our ability to live happy now is being caught in a web of guilt and regret built up over the years. No matter how much good we may have done for ourselves and others during that time, we often focus on our mistakes and then allow the guilt/regret cycle to kick in.

It does not have to be this way; in fact, it mustn’t be this way if we desire the freedom to express our true selves authentically. Guilt and regret create too much baggage to carry around and still be our true selves.

Although letting go of this stuff is easier said than done, like anything else it requires us to take that first small step in the direction we desire to go. After that more will be revealed and we are then just filling in the blanks.

Of course, when we have lived within a paradigm filled with guilt and regret there will be resistance to change. This should be no surprise to us.

It’s just a matter of the noise in our heads and letting it flow through without freaking out or holding on to it as if it is real. Its only power is that we think it is real. Without our focus, it returns to the nothingness from which it appeared.

A Few Tips on Losing Our Attraction to Guilt and Regret

Of course, we are attracted to guilt and regret because we think it is real and we deserve to be punished for whatever we mistakes we might have made. Quite often it is merely our perception of a past event and not what really occurred.

Even in a worst-case scenario where we made a mistake for which we are now guilty and regret it happening, we still have the power in the present moment to let it go and forgive ourselves.

Here are a few ideas how:

• stop labeling our emotions and let them flow freely through
• stay focused in the present moment and allow ourselves to feel what we feel
• don’t get stuck on any thoughts flowing through; just observe them
• don’t pretend that we are not feeling what we are feeling. As we accept and honor our feelings without labeling them we are open to new discoveries about ourselves.
• understand it’s okay to make mistakes as that is part of the process of learning and growing
• recognize that any guilt and regret are fear-based and used to protect ourselves from imagined retribution
• concentrate on the positive aspects of our lives including taking care of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually
• when necessary apologize for any mistakes made if someone else was involved
• spend some time observing and reflecting on what is most important to our overall well-being
• stay aware of how we can improve in all areas of our lives while recognizing mistakes are merely part of the process of learning and growing
• don’t be shy about forgiving ourselves and others as holding grudges pulling us away from our power and ability to create
• as needed get some help and advice from trusted friends and family and professionally if necessary
• focus on the present moment giving full attention to each task before moving on
• be grateful for what we have right this moment and all the positive influences in our lives

Why Be Happy Now?

This is a question we all need to answer honestly as it will lead us to constructive change as our limiting beliefs and fears are exposed. Our comfort zone may not be that comfortable but it is familiar and we can be reluctant to change things up.

Let’s be specific here and discover the exact reasons we are not totally fulfilled and happy if that is currently the case. By digging a little deep and uncovering our pain and fear, we can allow it to dissolve and free ourselves up to expand and progress.

Our beliefs condition us or create a paradigm from which we are unable to perceive beyond those accepted ideas and beliefs. We are caught up in our own self-created prison within an emotional straitjacket that keeps us stuck due to previous pain and suffering.

With this paradigm, it feels better to be safe than risk moving beyond the confines of our beliefs. Even happiness, which is what we most desire, is not worth the risk.

The above-mentioned ideas will help tremendously but only if employed consistently, otherwise it is just interesting intellectual stuff to agree with or dismiss.

To make constructive change we must take that first step out of our comfort now, not later. To do this we must break that step down to the smallest part of which we are willing to pursue.

It doesn’t matter how small the step is as it will lead to the next step and then when we have established enough momentum and begin to see some results there will be no stopping us. We will now be a different person with increased confidence and resolve.

Commit to Live Happy Now

We are unable to do the things necessary to break through the barriers of fear without a strong commitment. This is not an easy path but it is straightforward.

Without complicating things, we can take one small step at a time and “undo” all the things we have learned that do not serve us well. Once completed we will discover that our happiness has been here all the time waiting for us to consciously recognize it.

All the action and joy are in the present moment once we relax into it and let go of the idea that it is not enough. Our thoughts can release as well as imprison us.

Let’s make a firm commitment to do what is necessary to live with the happiness and joy we all deserve and need not earn. We will live happy now once we decide to live happy now regardless of the resistance that surfaces.

Welcome the resistance and discover it is nothing at all when we see it for what it is or is not. The same energy and power exists right this moment to be directed toward our freedom and happiness.

It’s only a decision away.

In Peace and Love within the Light,

Joseph William

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