“You do not exist to impress the world. You exist to live your life in a way that will make you happy.” Richard Bach wrote this and it’s true. So many people angst over the question “why am I here?”, or “what is my life all about?”, thinking that they must leave a mark on the world… I’ll tell you right now, we cannot all be the first to walk on the moon.

No, the goal is to be happy, and God – like any loving mother and father – want us to be happy. If fact God has set it up so that we CAN be happy. The trick is God also gave us freedom of choice, and we make a lot of friggin bad choices.

We have to learn to get out of our own way. Happiness is a state of mind; it’s not only a reaction to events. But we get hung up on trying to find happiness outside of us. Eckhart Tolle writes in his wonderful book, “The Power of Now”, “… they are looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love, while they have a treasure within that not only includes all those things but is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.” The problem is we confuse the power of now with WANTING it right now. That’s not what Tolle is talking about.

Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard

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