The Path to Happiness is Not as Complicated as We Make It

I've come to this realization many different times in my blog and life.  That's usually a sign you should pay attention,  as the universe seems to like to make you repeat the same lesson over and over til you get it.  I am happy that I've been taking the time to learn and apply, lately.  The realization is this.  Our path to happiness is not as complicated as we make it.  In the end, it comes down to a lesson Joseph Campbell taught for many decades.  It is easily summarized as this.. follow your bliss.

Sometimes, we may not know all the pieces that that includes, but we don't need more light than the next step.  And, truly, we don't even need to know what that step is. All we need to know is that we're not happy with our situation or amt piece of it.  So, bliss is not being there.

Then, maybe you don't know where to go, but that can be easily ascertained, too.  What do you like to do?  Where do you like to be?  As you look back over your life, what were the moments that made you feel peace, safety, confidence in your ability for the future or connectedness to universal threads that resonated with your core being?  Now, move towards that.

As you do, it may feel unfamiliar at first, as it ia a new adventure.  But, the more time you spend there, the more you feel that area of existence as home, wherever you are, and you can carry that sense of belonging and being wherever you go.

So, my challenge to you tonight is to ask if you feel you can follow your bliss where you are, or are there obstacles to that bliss or others that don't want you to reach it.  Then, realize that anyone not supporting your bliss is not supporting YOU, and adjust accordingly.  

In this life,  you are primarily responsible for one life... yours.  If you ever were to fail at that, others would not feel they let you down,  because that's not their responsibility.  They'd say... why didn't you take care of yourself?  So, go do that.  Those that want you unhappy or to change may be disappointed, but in the long run you wouldn't be... couldn't be.. happy to sacrifice yourself for them and when you reach that ahhh moment of being on your own path,  you can thank me.  I've been at that point many times and am on my way towards that point, again.  I'll toast you, when I get there.  

One final note... even though that was a good ending.  My reaching my ahh moment or following my bliss should have no bearing on others reaching theirs, unless their ahh moment was controlling mine.  I don't think anyone wants that.  So, we should all follow our bliss, and leave others the freedom to follow their own.