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We so often<\/span><\/strong> hear people say, or maybe you are saying this too: I\u2019ll be happy, I\u2019ll be more relaxed once \u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The house is finished,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Things settle down,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The economic situation has improved,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The mortgage is paid off,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The kids have graduated,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I have more money,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I have more time,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I am retired, …<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n All external factors that indeed can be a reason for you to stress out, to be frustrated. But all those things are facts of life, there is no way around it. The only thing you get to decide is HOW you look at it, HOW you deal with everyday life situations.<\/p>\n If you wait until all is well, you\u2019ll have missed out on life entirely<\/strong><\/span> because there will always be some, or more, external factors that you wished were different.<\/p>\n \u201cEgo says: Once everything falls into place, I\u2019ll feel peace.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Spirit says: Find your peace, and everything will fall into place.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Marianne Williamson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Decide now<\/strong><\/span> to start listening to your spirit, your soul, your Higher Self and tell the ego, aka your Protective Self, that all is well, all is as it should be, that this is life and that there is no need to see everything and everyone as potentially dangerous, as something you need to defend yourself against. Look at the good<\/strong> <\/span>in situations, look at what binds us instead of what is dividing us.<\/p>\n The more we see and accept<\/strong><\/span> that life is this mixture<\/p>\n of good days and bad days,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n of joy and sadness,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n of saying Hi and saying Bye,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n of winnings and losses,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n of good health and sickness,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n of spectacular experiences and dull chores, \u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n the easier it will be to find your peace and happiness in life.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n I highly recommend listening to the meditation, on the Insight Timer app, of Annemaree Rowley <\/em>called \u2018Gratitude\u2019. She describes so beautifully how being grateful and how being willing and being eager to see the beauty in our daily lives, makes us feel happy, joyful and peaceful.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t wait to be at peace with your life, don\u2019t wait to be happy, don\u2019t wait to feel joy.<\/p>\n THIS is life, live it NOW<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Practice gratitude<\/strong><\/span> and you\u2019ll feel how different you\u2019ll start experiencing your life. Practice every day until your brain has made those new connections. When we repeat a thought, a behavior, over and over again for at least a period of 3 months, you\u2019ll notice a change in your mindset, in your behavior. You\u2019ll have replaced old ways of thinking, of acting, with new ones. The more you keep practicing the more it\u2019ll become your new MO, your new automatic response to life. Listen to the gratitude meditation daily<\/strong><\/span>, write every night in your gratitude journal*. Note at least 3 things you are grateful for, things that made you smile, things that warmed your heart. The more you practice silence, gratitude, \u2026 the more your mind quiets down, the more you\u2019ll be able to take a deep breath, whenever you would normally get on your high horse, and react from a calm place. The calmer you are, the less you\u2019ll react from your ego, and the better you\u2019ll see the situation for what it is, rather than as a personal attack. Keep on practicing and you\u2019ll start acting and reacting to all in life in a very different way.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll feel frustration turning in to compassion.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n You\u2019ll start handling things with a more peaceful mind.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n You\u2019ll start under-reacting where you used to over-react.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n You\u2019ll feel it becomes easier to see things from a different point of view.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n You\u2019ll see the good in people.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n You\u2019ll start appreciating the little things.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Life will feel lighter, brighter and easier<\/strong><\/span> although no external factors have changed.<\/p>\n Not only will you be more peaceful, you\u2019ll start attracting* more and more good stuff too. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Suddenly\u2019 your life will become better on so many levels:<\/span><\/p>\n Because you worry less, you\u2019ll sleep better.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Because you sleep better, you\u2019ll feel more energy.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Because you feel more energy, you\u2019ll be in a better mood.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Because you are in a better mood, you\u2019ll find solutions to \u2018problems\u2019 more easily.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Because you solve more problems, you\u2019ll feel lighter.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Because you feel lighter, you\u2019ll feel happier.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Because you feel happier, you\u2019ll radiate this joy and warmth onto your environment<\/em> and <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Life will feel so much better!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Decide to live your happy life now!<\/strong><\/span> There is no other time to live it, as the past is gone and the future is not here yet.<\/p>\n