The incomparable lightness of being

“If you’re filled with joy and filled with love, you’re a blessing on this planet.”—Michael Singer

Hello, you gorgeous beams of light. I’ve missed you.

When I’m writing (read: doing one of the things I love most in the world), time gets away from me.

WHAT!! It has been a WHOLE month since I last said hello!

So, howdy, friends, and here are some thoughts I wrote today that may or may not go into the new book. Enjoy!

It sounds like a platitude. Happiness is within. But it’s actually true.

As a brand-new human, before your family and culture got ahold of you, you were curious about and overjoyed with everything. You had zero preferences.

Oh look, a spiderweb! You could watch bugs flying into spiderwebs for hours.

Oh, and there’s another little human about my age! Let’s be friends

Oh, and now, mom’s buckling me into a car seat! It’s so exciting. I can watch new scenery outside the car window and wow! imagine the number of treasures I’ll find at whatever venue she’s taking me to.

Oh, it’s the post office. And there’s a long line. How marvelous! I’ll be able to observe and smile at countless other versions of me. Wonder why they all look so impatient?

Within a few years, brand-new humans are fully-programmed, fully-trained (Good boy, Johnny!) to know which things make them happy. Having a good job, for example! Or owning a BMW.

And which things make them impatient, frustrated. Avoid those at all costs.

It doesn’t take long to match the energetic frequency of our culture, to collect an extensive list of what is necessary to be happy.

Sorry to break it to you, but it’s all bullsh*t. You can be happy doing anything. Vacuuming the rug, for example, or standing in lines. Even sitting for hours at a computer writing a book.

Trying to force life to match your specific criteria for happiness never works. Programmed preferences are not where happiness lives.

Surrender all preferences, all attachments and look for happiness where it really is: everywhere!

#222 Forever!

Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest book, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)