I will be so happy when...

I will be so happy when I finish high school.  I will be so happy when I finish college.  I will be so happy when I get the job of my dreams.  I will be so happy when I get that promotion.  I will be so happy when I meet the man/woman I am supposed to be with.  I will be so happy when I have a baby.  I will be so happy when my hair grows out.  I will be so happy when I move to a city with better weather.  I will be so happy when I am debt free.  I will be so happy when I get over this break-up.  I will be so happy when I lose 10 more pounds. I will be so happy when they make chocolate chip cookie dough T'soynamis.  I will be so happy when I am grown-up.  I will be so happy when I am on vacation.  (ENTER YOURS HERE)  I will be so happy when_______________.

How many times do we all say these things?  I have been observing, and we all say this so often.  Almost without thinking about it.  Looking at the above list of things that will make us happy there's no wonder why we are never happy.  Most of the things above are either in the future, not guaranteed, or are completely out of our control.  Why would we base our happiness, the one thing that we all so very much desire, on such improbabilities?

Why don't we ever say...I am so happy right here, right now in this present moment?  This is what counts right?  The past no matter how wonderful or painful is gone.  Trust me, if anyone knows how hard it is to move on from past heartache it is me!  Even having said that, what can I or anyone else do about past heartaches or hurts?  Nothing.  It is already done.  As much as we would like to go back and adjust past choices, or heartbreaks we can't.  Why do find ourselves revisiting them and making those our now?

Why do we count on future fantasies to create our happiness in some make believe world in the future.  Of course we all have dreams, goals, and ambition but that is not what I am talking about here.  We all seem to be awaiting this happiness to come to us in the future.  Why are we always waiting?  Are we asking for the wrong things to make us happy?  

Or maybe we should stop looking for something, somebody, or some event to "make" us happy and just be happy?  Are there enough blessings in our current life to "be" happy about? Once you start to think about it, you may notice the happiness that is here and now in this present moment.  Even in the hardest of times, on the worst of days, there is happiness for you if you are willing to see it.  If you can't find any...make some!  Forget your selfishness, make others happy, and you will be the happiest person.  By seeing others happy, you can never be unhappy.  I didn't make that up it is Patanjali...I wish I did...I will be so happy when I make up a great saying people will quote...LOL...HA HA HA...JUST KIDDING :D  I am just happy right now that I can share it with you.  

LOVE and HAPPINESS to you NOW and always XOXO