Lessons to learn......

Have you ever heard someone say "Why does this always happen to me?"  Sure you have or maybe you have had the same thoughts.  There are times we experience the same or similar situation over and over again.  There is a reason this happens.  The universe (or God depending on your belief system) has a message for you.  There is a lesson to be learned from repetitive unfortunate events.  For example, you meet someone special in your life.  You try to do whatever you can to please that person, however you soon find you are being taken advantage of and eventually the relationship ends and you ask yourself 'why does this keep happening to me?', the lesson to be learned is you have to take care of you, because if you do not, who will?  Until you learn this lesson, the situation will repeat itself.  Another example could be finance related, perhaps you find yourself low on cash during the holidays and you do not understand why.  The reason is probably the fact you did not prepare for the holidays and now you feel like the universe is working against you when in reality you are working against youself.  Something else to think about, no matter what you believe in, ultimately it is your actions that shape the life you live.

Temporary Happiness

What is Temporary Happiness? Temporary Happiness is happiness derived from external means. Most of us live for temporary happiness. We plan events, get excited about the event, enjoy the event (usually not as much as we hoped) and then come down from the temporary happiness high. We continue to look for things to make us happy and we are happy for a while and then it is on to the next Happy High. This is ok if that is what works for you, however there is usually long periods of unhappiness or sadness or longing for 'better' times. It is during these 'down' periods we realize Temporary Happiness does not work. Happiness comes from within. When you have learned to accept yourself and the people around, than you can begin to experience true peace and happiness. True happiness starts and ends with you. When you depend on other people or things, you give those people or things power over your peace and happiness. You have to truly love yourself and accept the things you cannot change and change the things you can. Like any problem, once you realize the problem exists it is the first step to resolving it.