Growth & Happiness.

Together these traits fulfill our every dream and desire.

How do we achieve growth and happiness?

Through awareness.

How do we grow in awareness?

Through effort.

It’s so simple. We decide to be happy and then we grow through being happy. As Buddha puts it: There is no path to happiness. Happiness IS the path!

Often things will happen we didn’t expect or want. But happiness remains a choice. It begins with awareness, that at any given moment we hold in our hands all the tools to be happy. Happiness is down to our effort.

I’m not suggesting we ignore, pretend or resist what is real. I’m suggesting we accept what is, consciously choose happiness, then take action to remedy any given situation so that it best serves our needs. We don’t do things in order to be happy. We are happy, thus we do things.

Years will come and go, but it’s upon us to produce the reasons to remember them or to forget them.

Let’s make 2015 a year to remember 🙂