What I discovered was that happiness isnt about the destination, and its not even about the journey.
Here are 11 things I let go of to become genuinely happy in the present:
1.
The belief that Im supposed to be somewhere else.
Alasdair Braxton
Energy and people who make my thoughts and spirit feel negative and heavy.
Im talking about even certain people on the news.
The energy from a cranky person at the grocery store.
Anything heavy, let go of.
Let the negativity flow through you and exit, not get stuck in you.
Be conservative with who you allow access to your mind, body, and spirit.
The desire to have common ground with everyone.
Not everyone is meant to be in your close circle.
You genuinely arent supposed to thoroughly like everyone you meet and not everyone is supposed to like you either.
Fear of rejection and being alone.
Rejection and the fear behind it lead to the behavior and life you will never want for yourself.
Remember that rejection is the greatest form of redirection.
Pure magic is born in your own solitude.
Trauma from the past.
Easier said than done, I know.
The idea that I have to know everything.
There will always be things you think you know until you know better.
Complete and utter control.
Control feels good because it feels safe.
Control also sucks the freedom and life out of all of us.
The pressure to always do more.
The notion that Ill never have to sacrifice anything.
I used to think that sacrificing was bad.
What I have learned is that its not that weak people make sacrifices, its that humans make sacrifices.
Everything I did or chose in the past.
Forgiveness will set you free, it really will.
Forgive yourself for everything you did, were, and chose in the past.
You arent that person anymore, and you arent choosing those things.
Give yourself permission to start fresh and start over.
The idea that I have tofeelhappy all the time to actuallybehappy.
I used to think that I had to feel happy all the time to actually be happy.
Thats not how that works at all.
Let go of the idea that you have to only feel joy to be happy.
you could be happy and still be a thousand other things at the same time.
