Uncomfortable Truths #1 – Happiness

Hello everyone and happy Monday afternoon!

I am going to start a new Monday Motivation series for the next few weeks, and I am calling it “Accepting Uncomfortable Truths.”  

Week 1 is about happiness. One of the worst patterns a person can get stuck in is the “I’ll be happy when…” pattern. We tend to think that the difficult or unpleasant situation we are in is what’s preventing us from being happy. The uncomfortable truth is: happiness is where you are now, or nowhere at all. It is not a new relationship; it’s not a new job; it’s not a new car; it’s not a completed goal. Unless you give up on the idea that happiness is somewhere else, it will never be where you are.

This doesn’t mean that we need to stop striving to be better, or that we can’t look forward to something. It’s placing all of our hope for happiness in the hypothetical that causes us heartache.