The Happy and Prosperous Blog

Yes, I know you’ve probably heard this before but it’s worth repeating because it’s easy to forget.

Just Smile

Maybe you’re feeling sad or rushed or under pressure with loads to do. Perhaps you think you’ve got nothing to smile about. You don’t need to have anything to smile about - you can smile anyway ! Perhaps that’s the very best time to smile.

A little while ago I wrote a post called A Virtuous Spiral which talked about ‘what goes around, comes around’. I wanted to point out that the phrase is ‘What GOES around, comes around, Not ‘What comes around, goes around. The order is important, in my opinion because it starts with you (and me, of course). In my experience, if you smile at people (in a genuine way - not some wild, inane grin !!) then many people will smile back. You can start this process. Why not give it a go ? Try it. A gentle smile at people you see on the street, at work, on the bus, at home… What have you got to lose.

Smiling is good for your face and it’s good for your mind. My guess is that you will feel more relaxed and people will react to you with more consideration and grace. That’s the Law of Attraction again.

Write and let me know how it goes.

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A few days ago I published a post about paying attention to what you are thinking about. Today let’s get a bit more specific.

Ask people what they want in life and most people will say ‘I just want to be happy’. That’s fair enough - everyone wants to be happy. The question then is What makes you happy ?

Money

Lots of people would say that having a lot of money would make them happy. If that’s what you believe then tell me, what are you going to spend that money on ? Are you going to buy things ? Which things ? Why and how will they make you happy ? These are important questions if we want to go a bit deeper into happiness. Incidentally, most lottery winners are not happy !

Perhaps, rather than buying things, you would buy experiences (holidays, courses etc). Which experiences ? Why and how will they make you happy ?

Maybe you would like to have money to give away to charity or to family and friends. It what way will that make you happy ?

I’m not trying to suggest that any of this is wrong or misguided. I’d just like you to be clear about what you would do with money and why doing that would make you happy.

Other Sources of Happiness

Maybe it’s not money, or not just money, that would make you happy. What else would make you happy ? Are there things you want for your children ? Maybe you want a partner, maybe you want to run your own business.

Your Challenge

My challenge for you today is to think about all this and to write down 5 things, 5 clear and specific things, that would make you happy. For each one, say why it would have that effect on you.

If you can be clear, specific and definite about this then you have a much greater chance of making it happen. Vague ideas lead to vague outcomes. Clear ideas can lead to definite outcomes. That’s the Law of Attraction again !

Let me know how you get on. Thanks for reading.

The answer to the question ‘Who Are You ?’ depends on what level you take the question. Let’s look at several levels.

• A collection of organ systems that work together
• Each organ system consists of cells
• Each cell is made up of sub-cellular structures
• All these sub-cellular structures are made up of molecules
• Molecules are made up of atoms
• Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons
• Each of these is made up of…….. energy

Yes, digging down through the levels we find that we are all made of energy. Yes, we have physical form AND that is made up entirely of energy. Everything is made up of energy - rocks, water, diamonds, you name it.

Now with us humans, the cells in our bodies are constantly being replaced. Here’s an interesting quote:

Think of an experience from your childhood. Something you remember clearly, something you can see, feel, maybe even smell, as if you were really there. After all, you really were there at the time, weren’t you? How else would you remember it?

But here is the bombshell: you weren’t there. Not a single atom that is your body today was there when that event took place….Matter flows from place to place and momentarily comes together to be you. Whatever you are, therefore, you are not the stuff of which you are made. If that doesn’t make the hair stand at the back of you neck, read it again until it does, because it is important.

This was said by a scientist called Steve Grand. It’s an incredible thought - the cells in our bodies are replaced but our memories remain. So we are made up of energy and we have consciousness. It’s that consciousness that makes us human.

Using this consciousness we can influence the energy from which we are made. That energy is not isolated within us - it connects up with energy outside of us, which connects to other people and things.

This is the mechanism behind the Law of Attraction. We control our thoughts (see yesterday’s post) and we focus on what we want. That influences the energy field around us and those things we desire can become part of our lives if we go about that in the right way. This is the Law of Attraction - what you think about becomes reality. Thoughts become things.

The Law of Attraction applies to everybody all the time - you can’t avoid it. Once you accept this you can have much more control over what happens in your life.