Being Present in the Moment and Finding Happiness Within Yourself.
The moment we release our ego and we stop comparing ourselves to any other being we will find a million reasons to be grateful. The Moment we let go of the limiting belief that we have to impress other people, or meet their expectations, we will find our own joy. Joy can always be created in the present moment. We must release any negativity from our past and ground ourselves in the moment so that we have space for happiness and positive vibrations to flow into our lives.
To take ourselves out of the what ifs, or the what was and to put ourselves into the WHAT IS , is becoming present in the moment. Once you are present in the moment, not thinking about your phone, the stuff you need to do later, or the stuff you should have done earlier, then, and only then, you can simply just be.
Simply being will allow the universe to work through us. We must create space for the unknown to happen. Nothing new can manifest if we don't create space. It's like the old saying goes, "Out with the old, in with the new." Think of it like cleaning out the fridge to put the new food in it after going to the grocery store. We don't want to put fresh new apples next to old rotten ones, we all know the negativity will just spread to the new ones. We must remove the old negative energy first or it will keep polluting any fresh new energy trying to enter our quantum field.
Not to mention, if we are so busy doing our daily routines and we always have something going on, running from this errand to the next, then we can never stop and find time to simply be present. The present moment is truly everything we have. The past is already gone, now it is merely a thought left over. The future is never promised. All we have is the present, here and now. If it is already full of mundane tasks, then we are making it that much harder for the universe to show us a better life. We will be too focused on the old one still.
How does Gratitude play into this you say? It plays a massive part! When we are in the present moment we start to find a million reasons to be grateful. Like being grateful to ourselves. Our Being, our effort, our energy, our self loyalty. When is the last time you stopped and showed yourself some gratitude? Told yourself Thank you?
When other people do something nice for us, we are so overwhelmed with gratitude our natural reaction is to do something nice back, right? For some reason though, no matter how much hard work we put in for ourselves, we don't take time to stop and thank ourselves. To just pour gratitude into our hearts for all that we are, all that we can be and all that we ever will be.
Everyday we wake up, we get ready to present ourselves to the world, we go out and we are facing struggles, going through challenges, trying to find our purpose and where we belong. Life is not easy!! Most of the time it is kicking us down as we are trying to stand up, but we still keep standing back up!! We must acknowledge the hard work we are putting in. Feeling proud of ourselves is not shameful. Thanking ourselves and acknowledging how awesome we are is not conceited. It is Self Gratitude, Self Love! Love should not be reserved for everyone but yourself. All true love extends from Self Love. You must first love yourself before you are capable of loving another.
We deserve to be rewarded!! The trick we all get caught up in is waiting for outside validation in order to be happy. The ego will trick us into thinking our happiness isn't enough unless someone else validates it. This is backwards. Happiness doesn't come from validation, it comes from a grateful heart. This is why we struggle so much to be happy for ourselves. We must let go of this outside validation and start validating ourselves in order to find our happy.
We must make space to be grateful. Space that is free of negative emotions like jealousy, greed, guilt, etc. Then we can be grateful to the universe and our bodies for getting us this far, even though most us don't treat it right. Yet still, we wake up everyday with energy to face the day. THIS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR!!!! You still have the chance to make your life into anything you want it to be, because you have a consciousness and a body, and you can create your reality through a more positive mindset, by being more grateful we will instantly feel blessed and this will bring in more blessing through our positive vibrations. We attract what we give off.
So, we must stop comparing ourselves to others and find time to simply sit and enjoy ourselves. We can have a conversation with ourselves or sit in silence and write a gratitude journal, or even simply a thank you note to ourselves and the universe. The how will be different for everyone, cause we are all so unique within ourselves. The important thing is to remember that we are in control of our own reality and we can be happy with what we have right now in this moment if we simply choose to remember how blessed we already are and feel gratitude.
