Glad To Be Here!
by Marie T. Russell
Human-kind seems to be constantly searching for happiness.
Even the Bill of Rights focuses on the pursuit of happiness. By the same token,
we go around 'pursuing happiness'—looking for it, searching in all kinds of
experiences, thinking that one day we will find the right place, person, or
feeling. We seek happiness, or at least the key to it. While we pursue this
goal, we are looking ahead to the future...and maybe forgetting to look at
today.
Recently, while taking my morning walk, I began enjoying the
feel of the sun on my face, the fresh air, and the dampness of the grass.
Suddenly, I realized that I was happy to be alive! I dove into that feeling and
immediately began enjoying the beauty of this planet, its inhabitants—human, animal,
vegetable, mineral or spirit. It felt so good to be amidst the beauty and the
experience of life that I was overwhelmed with a feeling of gratitude for the
experience I was having.
As I reflected upon this feeling, I remembered a time when I
was unhappy at being 'stuck' in my life's drama as a child. As a young adult, I
would often wish 'they' would just come and get me. You know, the old 'beam me
up Scotty' routine. I was constantly resisting my experience thinking that
somewhere else, or someone else, or something else would be better. Ignoring
the beauty in the now, I kept dreaming of a different reality—anything but my
'tedious' existence.
It was not until I began to understand that: 1) I had chosen
to be where I was; 2) I was not "stuck" in any situation unless I chose to be;
and 3) I was the one that was in charge of my life, that I began to transform
my life.
Immediately, I made drastic changes. I moved, traveled, changed
lovers, etc., all in an effort to change my life. Then it finally dawned on me.
Although I made these wonderful outer shifts...I could not run away from what I
was inside. After many moves, I learned that wherever I went, there I would
also be...with all my inner fears, insecurities, beliefs, etc.
Are you happy to be alive? Do you wake up in the morning
excited to have another day to express yourself and create your life? Do you
feel the surge of Life through your veins? If you answered no to these
questions, you can change that.
Ask yourself what you dislike about your life,
and why. Look at that situation and ascertain why you are in it. Are you
playing the martyr, or do you feel you don't deserve any better? Whatever your
reason, you can now STOP! Say: "I choose to be happy. I
choose to live my life to the fullest - feeling love, joy and dynamic energy
daily."
This is possible. When you live according to your dream, when
you follow your heart and listen to your intuitions, this is what you will have
as a daily life experience. We do not have to resign ourselves to a life of the
`blahs'.
There has been a lot of talk lately about ascension. From
what I've read and heard, there seems to be two varieties of ascension plans.
One is the old come and take me away, I've had enough routine, and the other
speaks of raising our vibration so that we become ascended masters.
The first
version, reminds me of an escape fantasy or a fairy tale. In other words,
"I hate my life and I want someone to come and rescue me." We have
moved from the prince in shining armor, to the extraterrestrial in shining
light. I feel we need to look closely at our motives when we start wanting to
ascend. Are we solely wanting to run away, to escape, or are we seeking to
improve our life, and ourselves?
It's time to come to terms with ourselves and our life as we
have created it on this planet. Begin raising your vibration. Ascend to your
own beingness from a purely physical dimension to one where we are consciously playing
with energy and radiating Love and Harmony. Ascension is not about running
away. Ascension is about raising our energy to one of pure Love, Faith and
Light.
The first step in ascension begins by loving yourself. Next,
focus on loving everyone and everything around you, here and now.
We
need to be more concerned about our day to day reality. For example at the end
of the day ask:
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Did I deal with everyone from Love?
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Did I spend my time worried
about tomorrow, and what's going to happen?
We should focus on the
present and let tomorrow take care of itself. If you live today to the best of
your capacity, always striving to live from a 'higher' perspective, then
tomorrow and all the other tomorrows will follow from whatever energy we have
chosen to go with today.
We are alive! We can make that experience a boring,
sad, tedious one—or we can choose to step forth with grace, with enthusiasm,
expecting the Universe to shower us with blessings.
Happiness is a choice and
now is always the time to choose it – every now that presents itself every
moment of out lives.
Focus on today, on being the best person you can be (and
that you really are). Let go of your fears and insecurities. Live life fully.
Love life completely. Love the Radiant Being that you are and happiness will be
yours.
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