I know I’m not the most timely with this, and I don’t do it every week like I intend. But I honestly feel that even if I don’t have time to blog about it, it’s the mindset of thankfulness and the change it can bring about in the world that is important. What’s fun is to share it online when I can. With that said, I found a quote that inspired me this week and made me thankful for a spirit of hope.
“Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience-or give it a more fascinating name. Call it hope.”-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
This appeals to me at this time in my life because I thought that switching jobs would make me happier. Instead, it is the same thing, but for a different company for more hours with the same pay, and in an industry I dislike even more than the last one. But this quote empowers me to take the reins, to know my own happiness. To know people, you have to meet them, introduce yourself, spend time learning about them. Soon they are your friends and you know them. At the very least we should be this familiar, if not downright intimate with our own happiness. We should approach it and bring it into our lives. And with this done, the only thing we will want is more of it. That striving and pulling impatiently toward it, that hope of more. This reminds me not to give up, even when the weight of things feels so heavy, and the climb to the top of the ditch seems way to far. When someone is worth it, we put the effort in to stand by them no matter what. And when our happiness is worth it, we should do the same.
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Thank you!
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love the quote! I have been in the process of knowing my happiness and you said it beautifully-and best wishes on finding the work that is best for you! thank you for a lovely read!
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Thank you! Best wishes as you continue your journey with happiness!
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They say that you have to be happy in the now with whatever it is you have going on. Then and only then will you always be happy…if you want to be happy “then” you must be now. It actually makes sense…sorry to hear about your job switching not working. Guess that’s your first challenge to be happy in the now! Good luck. 🙂
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Thank you! You are absolutely right, it is my first step on this stage of my journey. Each step has given me new happiness, but this time, I hit a wall. It has shown me that when things don’t work out, I must find the things in the “now” that are making me happy and “get back on the horse.”
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Are you familiar with Abraham/Esther Hicks and the Law of Attraction, if not YouTube search it, I think you will find it very helpful, but something tells me you are aware of it!! Happy riding… 😉
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I have definitely heard of the concept in a book a read a few years ago about Neuro Linguistic Programming. The book just had a quick overview, so I’ll have to check this out. Thanks!
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It’s fascinating. You’ll want to watch an Esther and Jerry Hicks video in order to understand the Abraham part. You’re welcome. 🙂
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I much appreciate your down-to-earth honesty – we all struggle at some point in our lives & it is good to know we’re not alone 🙂
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I’ve been retired 10 years, the be.st years of my life. 😀 There are no formulas. You are your own engineer. If you want to be happy, you will be.Don’t be wishy-washy about it. It’s YOUR time after all. Yes? 😀 Make the most of it.
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absolutely!
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