"Are You Happy?" They Ask

There is a growing conscious awareness of happiness now emerging in our midst. People are beginning to focus more on their happiness and what really matters. Dr. Wayne Dyer calls it a "shift" when one moves from "ambition to meaning" and embarks on the process of purposeful living. Once a shift happens within someone to open their eyes to meaning rather than just living, they actually begin to see others around them differently. The shift has been happening to me for some time now and my antenna is now tuned to a different station than before. I now look for pleasant, good-feeling and purposeful things in my life knowing they are coming from within rather than outside of me. My circumstances are no longer directing my thoughts for they are purposeful and intended upon happiness.

Abraham-Hicks refers to the happiness as "reaching for what feels good" and getting "in the Vortex." Marci Shimoff has written extensively on the topic this past year with her bestseller "Happy For No Reason." In fact, there are over four hundred thousand searches found just on the word "happiness" on Amazon's website for books on this very subject. Movies are being made on the subject of happiness as in proof of the DVDs now available on the topic.

It begs the question to wonder why so many people are now interested in happiness and finding true meaning in their lives. In fact, more people are hiring Life Coaches these days than ever before to help them find their own path to purposeful living. More people know who Joel Osteen is and how to live "Your Best Life" as his bestselling book so amply describes. Even Oprah's motto to "Live Your Best Life" is drawing more viewers each year to her television and radio shows.

For whatever reason people are on the path to better themselves and their relationships, it can only be a positive move in the best direction. The importance here would be to take note if you are on a similar path individually. You are either moving toward or away from something at any given time in your life. With the ever increasing focus on moving toward meaning and fulfillment, now would be a good time to take inventory and see if you are actually moving toward happiness or away from what really matters. This would actually be one of those big ideas to actually follow. Get on the bandwagon with others and pursue your own happiness.

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