LIVE IN YOUR OWN WORLD by Pennie Hunt

Are you happy? Really happy?
Most people would initially say, yes. But after consideration, they may add a few qualifiers to their response. Like, I am pretty happy, but I will be really happy when… ​And then the requirements are added.

When I lose weight. When I get a better job. When I find the love of my life. When I buy a house. When. When. When.

When all of these requirements are lodged in your mind, it creates a life of conditional happiness. This state of conditional happiness is typically created because of comparison. We look at someone else’s life and compare it to our own. We want the house they have. We want the job and the income they have. We want the love they have. We want the physical beauty and health they have. We compare ourselves to them. We compare our happiness level to our perception of their happiness level.

Our happiness becomes conditional upon achieving what someone else has. In the process of constant comparison, happiness is blocked.

Here is a concept to think about. Live in your own world.

Did that sink in? We create our own conditional happiness by living in someone else’s world. We spend way too much time studying someone else’s life and not paying attention to our own. Yes, our neighbor may have purchased a new car last week. Yes, our friend may have a newer and bigger home than ours. Yes, our coworker may have lost weight and has a new wardrobe and a new love in her life. But why should any of that affect our happiness level?

It does because we create space in our mind for comparison to build. We live in a space of constant desire, anxiety, and frustration. Our mind’s rationale is this:
        If the thing they have seems bigger and better than the thing I have,
        they must be happier than I am. Therefore, I must be less happy.

We are spending too much time in their lives and not living our own. What if the only house you knew about was your own? It would seem like a pretty nice place. What if the only car you knew about was yours, and it got you where you wanted to go- it would seem like a pretty nice car. What if the only life you knew about was yours? It would seem like a pretty nice life.

You would be unconditionally happy with your world because there would not be anything to compare it to.

So, the way to live in unconditional happiness is easy. Goals are good. Wanting to improve your life is great. But stop comparing your world to someone else’s. What is happening in someone else’s world is none of your business. Keep the qualifiers, requirements, and the whens out of your happiness. Keep your head, your thoughts, and your eyes on your life. Live and be happy in your own world.
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                                                 Pennie’s Life Lesson:
                                                 Don’t wait for when.
                              Live and be happy in your own world now.
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