Make Room For Happiness

Close your eyes and visualize this. (Ok, bad
idea...since you can't read with your eyes closed). So
instead, just clear your thoughts for a minute and get
this picture in your head.

I've been painting my den. All the furniture is crowded
together in the middle of the room. I expertly (yeah
right) organized the space where we could get to the
couch to watch TV...except of course anything we need,
which is always seems to be clear across the room. It's
jumbled, and crowded, and out-of-sync. Nothing's
easy, nothing's within reach, and I spend way more
time doing simple things than I normally would.

Sound familiar? That's a very accurate description of
Everyday life for many people. A crowded up, jumbled
up, not-in-sync quadrant of time and space.

Not a pretty picture. Now imagine that you wanted to
ADD something to that space. Maybe you really really
wanted a new couch, or new TV, or even just a new
rug. It would only crowd things that much more. It
would only make you more uncomfortable, and out of
sync.

As a Life Coach, people come to me every day wanting
to ADD something to their lives...starting a new
business, finding a relationship, writing a book. But
their lives are like my den...crowded and
"unfunctionable". Adding something would only make
them more uncomfortable than they already are.

If you want something new and different in your life,
you must first make ROOM. Make room for happiness
by moving OUT the old.

Where do you start to begin to make room for
happiness?

1. Time. How do you spend your time? Is it wasted
time, or refreshing time? Are you consciously spending
time, or just letting it happen?

2. Environment. What no longer is working for you in
your environment? Are there unfinished projects that
were important at one time, but no longer intrigue you?
When you look around, does your environment make
you feel good?

3. Relationships. What relationships are no longer
effective to your happiness? Do the people in your life
support you? Are you are proud to introduce them to
others?

4. Thinking. Do you talk to yourself like your best
friend? Or do you talk to yourself like someone who
you despise? Pay attention to how you treat your mind.

5. Work. Do you feel fulfilled and happy about your
work? Or do you dread going to work, and just count
the minutes until Fridays?

Once you have made the ROOM for success, adding
what you really want will give you pleasure and
fulfillment. If you try to add it on top of what you
already have, it will become just another source of
aggravation. First, you must set up your life to support
success.

Just as in my den, as I begin to rearrange the sofa and
chairs, the rest of the room became easier and easier.
So it will be with your life.as you change one part,
each will be easier and easier.