Happiness.

As human beings our common goal is to be happy. It is our first thought in the morning and our last thought in the evening. It is what unites us all. But happiness is not something to be achieved through doing something special, or by acquiring more and more things. Happiness is the natural disposition of the mind, and so we don't have to create happiness because happiness is always there, always present and always ready to be accessed. What we need to do is let go of the causes of our unhappiness.

However, to bring about real change in our life we have to reach the point where we are truly tired of our unhappiness. But at the same time it is important that we see unhappiness, not as the enemy, but as the condition for change. Without our unhappiness, how could we end our unhappiness?

What is it that creates these feelings within us? Once we know that we have something to work with and we can begin the process of ‘letting go’. It is the letting go that makes a space for the real and lasting happiness.

So don't see your unhappiness is as the enemy, see it only as the motivation and the opportunity for beautiful change in your life.

May all beings be happy.