Ten Steps To Happiness (Only really one)
Ten steps to happiness.
There are things we absolutely have to do in order to be truly happy in this life, and it has all to do with ourselves:
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Stand up for yourself and what is right for you, set clear boundaries and honor your values.
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Be willing to meet rejection and opposition; be willing to be the unpopular one, or the one who stands alone.
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Be true to yourself; be brutally honest with yourself and follow through on the insights you get.
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Follow your heart; take the path that you feel is right for you, even if it means you have to walk alone.
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Trust your gut instincts; listen to your intuitive knowing. Develop your trust in the universe, and yourself.
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Think outside the box; be an independent thinker. Go your own way, live your own life.
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Change what needs to be changed; release and let go of what you know has to be let go of.
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Be courageous and stand up for your different way of thinking; speak your mind.
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Travel the unexplored path and discover what you can really do in this life.
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Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you have to do it; honor yourself.
There you have it; in a nutshell the path to happiness is this:
Be True To Yourself.
There are of course others too, like for example sharing yourself with the world, that brings happiness too.
When you’re doing what you love and bringing everything you are and you give of yourself.
But even in that endeavor you need to always stay true to yourself so that your kindness and generosity is not being taken advantage of.
Having self-awareness is key; knowing who you are and honoring that.
Use the Power of Intention for Happiness in your life.
The number one most powerful intention anyone can have is to decide to be happy.
To enjoy and be happy today, and from that intention take all your actions.
“Will this action that I’m about to take bring me happiness or will it take away my happiness?”.

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“I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we’re supposed to make.
We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else’s idea of our happiness – what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress.
Nobody says, ‘Just be happy – go be a cobbler or go live with goats.'” – Sandra Bullock
This is a wonderful article. Sometimes we really made life so complicated, when it’s just simple. Regarding standing up for yourself, what if there’s someone in your life, a family member that has a codependent relationship, and sometimes you can’t help but get annoyed with how they act trying to be selfless, when I all want is for us to be true. And sometimes I don’t know how to tell because they won’t even understand. And sometimes I feel bad, because sometimes when I’m just expressing myself they take it personally. I feel bad about myself too because I always need to watch out how I’m expressing myself. How do I deal with it? Thank you 😊
Thank you for your comment Gis,
The dynamics of family and family members can be our greatest teachers if we look at it from the right perspective.
The reality is that for most people who are on the path of personal growth and transformation, our families are not on the same level of consciousness as we are, so they can’t really ‘get’ us no matter how hard we try to explain our point of view or perspective on life.
If your family member is not growing and evolving, they will never understand where you’re coming from and they will never be able to relate to your level of awareness and consciousness, it’s just a fact.
It’s like trying to explain grown-up things to a child, they simply just can’t relate to what you’re trying to explain so there’s no use in even trying to.
And people who take things personally and are easily offended are people who live mostly in their heads/ego, so it’s just not going to happen that you will be able to have a mature conversation with them in that regard.
The ego is very easily offended and it gets offended for the smallest things as you may have noticed.
So Gis, don’t feel bad, just acknowledge and understand that you’re existing on a completely different vibrational level, your consciousness is on a different level, and so is your awareness and self-awareness.
Just let them be and don’t bother explaining anything to them.
Honestly, I know this from my own experience and from having worked with countless of people over the years with the same kind of challenges so all I can say is; let them be and move on with your life.
Just live your life, be happy, and let them be who and where they are in their evolutionary process.
You can wish them all the best and love them from a distance if you feel you’re not harmonizing with them and feel you can’t be yourself when you’re with them.
No hard feelings or anything, just realize that you live on two different planets (levels of consciousness), that’s all.
Here’s a few other articles that can be helpful to you:
https://mariaerving.com/tribe-defines-vibe
https://mariaerving.com/insecure-toxic-people
https://mariaerving.com/relationship-energy-awareness