Posted by Erica in I’m on vacation, so I have a lot of time on my hands to surf the internet and read great and inspiring blogs! The article I discovered is from Pickthebrain.com and it’s called, “7 Ways to Discover Deep and Lasting Happiness“, by Seamus Anthony. The main points that really inspired me were regarding finding your purpose in life, work towards that goal, but the catch…. then you must remain detached about attaining that goal, essentially. I’ve not seen it put quite this way.
Some experts from “7 Ways to Discover Deep and Lasting Happiness” by Seamus Anthony:
Decide What Your One Thing is and Stick to it
You must search your heart and discover (or re-discover) what the one thing you want to do with your life is, and then you must stick to that at all costs.
….Opportunities abound – but if you do not choose a single definite major purpose then you will simply bounce from shiny-thing to shiny-thing without ever making any real progress. And this will leave you unfulfilled.
For some reason it is important to your mental and spiritual health to feel that you are working towards a goal that for you holds meaning AND that this work is also meaningful along the way so that you can …
Get Your Head Out of the ‘Future Fantasy’
….Embrace the paradox. Choose a goal that you absolutely must achieve and work your butt off towards attaining this goal and meanwhile completely detach from the result and you will experience the form of deep lasting happiness that is called ‘flow’.
That’s why you must enjoy doing your One Thing along the way. You’ve got to love the work itself, not just pin your hopes for being happy on attaining the result.
Because results don’t always bring happiness, and when they do, they tend not to last. And results themselves tend to fade, which means they will require constant upkeep so you must enjoy the process of working towards your goal.
The way to do this is by getting your head out of the Future Fantasy. Don’t think “I’ll be happy when …” because you won’t. The only time you have to be happy is NOW and being happy now takes practice and is not determined by external factors alone.
….Get your head out of the Future Fantasy.
