As humans, we have a strange need or conditioning to not take responsibility for our own happiness. We expect it to come from an outside source. And, that kind of happiness can happen, but it’s fleeting. Today, it is time to stop searching for happiness outside yourself and to instead acknowledge that true happiness has to come from within yourself. Today, begin to accept that no matter what you have lost or gained, your happiness cannot come from the outside world. It must come from within you. When you are able to acknowledge that your happiness already resides within yourself, a pressure will release because you’ll no longer feel ruled by your ego’s need for more.

Still, it is important to know that true happiness may not always feel great. Realizing true happiness doesn’t mean you will be skipping through Life without a care in the world. Rather, you will have bad days. You will feel overwhelmed with normal life at times. Happiness doesn’t have to look like a storybook. Happiness is simply the realization that life is just fine as it is. And, you will experience true happiness when you allow yourself to be content in your true self, recognize the innate greatness of the world that surrounds you, and know that the people and things in your life hold no power over you. You are the master of your happiness. You are already complete. When you realize this, there will be happiness in everything you do. Today, stop looking outside yourself for the happiness you long for because it is already within you. Today remember that your happiness is an inside job.

Just for today, I recognize that everything that I seek is already within me. I act as if I already have what I want, it is an excellent way to attract happiness into my life. I know that happiness is an inside job. I now choose thoughts that make me feel loved and supported. No person, place or thing has any power over me for I am the only thinker in my mind. I create my reality and everyone in it. I am safe and all is truly well in my world. And so it is.