Happiness Is…
 Happiness is… knowing you have something to look forward to.
There are some people who believe they will be happy if they have a new something or other… new house, car, designer trainers or handbag… and yet I’ve seen again and again how they enjoy the new item for a moment but it doesn’t bring them “happiness”.
There are a lot of people who find happiness in other ways, when there is something they are anticipating and desire to do and they know about it and are waiting for it to happen.
I remember hearing a story from a guy who’d won a big lottery win a few years ago and he said that of course in many ways it was great to have a lot of money in the bank and yet it also took something away from him. Before the lottery win if he wanted to buy a jumper he would walk past the shop and look at it a few times and really think about buying it and having it, whereas now he had the freedom to just walk in, pay for it and have it there and then. Somehow that took away some of the pleasure of buying and having that jumper, some of the happiness that comes with wanting something and waiting to be able to have it.
Personally, I can understand what this man is saying, I know that I really enjoy meeting up with my boyfriend and I love that happy feeling I have all day and the day before, knowing that I have that to look forward to.
As a life coach I would suggest that you find things in your life, each day if you can or even each week, that you can look forward to, feel happy about, anticipate and enjoy the time up to the moment it happens.
Natalie Dee
Posted in happiness, Life Coaching, Motivation on July 17, 2011
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