There are scenes in the movie "The Help" that are known for their uplifting reminder of how inspiring affirmations can be to ourselves and to each other -- "You is kind. You is smart. You is important."
What three thoughts would uplift you today?
I am happy, I am worthy, I am free!
I am excited, I am ready, I am eager!
I am content, I am trusting, I am at peace!
I am curious, I am adventurous, I am playful!
I am lovable, I am unique, I am ME!
I am appreciative, I am believing, I am now!
I am focused, I am full, I am lettin' it rip!
I am quiet, I am watching, I am knowing!
I am loving, I am admiring, I am smiling!
I am open, I am aware, I am real!
I am tickled, I am giggling, I am joy-filled.
I am honest with me, I am honest with you, I am honestly being in this world!
I am remembering, I am believing, I am expressing who I really am!
I am laughing, I am loving, I am living!
I am 'perfect', you are 'perfect', this world is 'perfect'.
I am calm, I am at ease, I am!
I am smart, I am kind, I am important!
Living On Purpose (LOP) is remembering, believing in, and expressing who we really are. This blog is the sharing of the moment by moment experience of practicing Living On Purpose . . . because we all want to feel good.
Thursday 20 September 2012
Happiness Trumps Greatness
Posted to Facebook September 20th.
I recently had a small peak into two lives that left me with the same feeling and a burning question. I read the Steve Jobs biography and I watched a movie about J. Edgar Hoover. Even though both men are easily considered great, perhaps even genius, for their accomplishments (the creation of Apple Computers and the computer, music, and cell phone technology as we know it, and the department of the FBI and investigative techniques as we know them), I was left with an incongruent, uninspired, unpeaceful, unfulfilled, even sad feeling from both stories. So, I was curious, what about these two people, who were suppose to be so great, felt so off to me?
During the last Abraham-Hicks workshop a quote was shared that answered my question for me. It went something like "(all of our striving, hard work, and suffering) won't bring happiness, but it will bring greatness." It seemed to imply that greatness is more important than happiness, or if you are great enough it will bring happiness. And what these two stories taught me is neither of those things are true.
I have come to understand that what we are really wanting in life is happiness. Being great, based on other people's opinions or standards, may eventually allow us to work our way around to happiness, but it certainly is not guaranteed. However, being happy does guarantee happiness.
LOP is about being who I really am (WIRA) because that makes me happy, and from my happiness 'greatness' is expressed.
I recently had a small peak into two lives that left me with the same feeling and a burning question. I read the Steve Jobs biography and I watched a movie about J. Edgar Hoover. Even though both men are easily considered great, perhaps even genius, for their accomplishments (the creation of Apple Computers and the computer, music, and cell phone technology as we know it, and the department of the FBI and investigative techniques as we know them), I was left with an incongruent, uninspired, unpeaceful, unfulfilled, even sad feeling from both stories. So, I was curious, what about these two people, who were suppose to be so great, felt so off to me?
During the last Abraham-Hicks workshop a quote was shared that answered my question for me. It went something like "(all of our striving, hard work, and suffering) won't bring happiness, but it will bring greatness." It seemed to imply that greatness is more important than happiness, or if you are great enough it will bring happiness. And what these two stories taught me is neither of those things are true.
I have come to understand that what we are really wanting in life is happiness. Being great, based on other people's opinions or standards, may eventually allow us to work our way around to happiness, but it certainly is not guaranteed. However, being happy does guarantee happiness.
LOP is about being who I really am (WIRA) because that makes me happy, and from my happiness 'greatness' is expressed.
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