Happiness isn't something you can find - it's something you already have

So often people tell themselves:

I will be happy when I have................
When I achieve.....................I will be happy
When I am in a great relationship I will be happy
When I find the perfect job I will be happy

And many more similar stories about their own happiness. People are continuously looking for external factors to "make them happy", when in reality you don't need to.

All you need to do is look inside yourself.

Each of us has the ability to be happy right here and right now. We don't need anyone else to "make" us happy, we don't need materialistic things to "make" us happy, we just need to make the choice to be happy within ourselves.

Now I am nto saying this is easy to achieve, especially if you have spent a lifetime feeling that the next.............. is what you need to be happy, but in reality think about it.

When you bought that new car that would make you happy - did it? Did it make you happy every single day and does it still make you happy or are you now looking for the next external factor that will make you happy?

If you are always looking for something or someone to make you happy then you will always have a story in your head that says you cannot be happy right here and now because you need something else to bring you that happiness.

When you change your stories and begin to choose to feel happy right here and right now, to appreciate what you already have, to smile just because, then you will find inner happiness and no longer be looking for it somewhere else.