Do Not Wait

"Do not wait for ideal circumstances. They never come"

How often have you said something like "I'll be happy when I get that new job" or "I'll be happy when I can afford to buy a new house" or "I'll be happy when the kids have all left home". How often have you made your happiness dependant upon some future event which may or may not ever happen. One problem with this is that you are telling yourself you can't be happy right now. You are always waiting for something to happen.

The truth is that even when that future event happens, you still won't be very happy. You may feel fleeting satisfaction or even outright disappointment. You ignore the feeling that something is missing and you say to yourself "If I could just get this sorted out, I will have made it". You try to control your external circumstances and worry about losing what you already have.

The only time you can ever be truly happy is right now, in this moment. It is true that circumstances will never be ideal. Even if you did lose 20 pounds and got your dream job, there would probably be some other part of your life that was bothering you. You must learn to expect that your life will never be perfect and how to cope with the less-than-perfect parts of it.
You need to find reasons to be happy with your life the imperfect way it is.

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