Unconditional happiness is a concept that came into my awareness one day. I had heard a lot about unconditional love, but this was a new concept for me. When I started thinking about the idea of unconditional happiness, I felt so full of joy and realized that, for me at least, I had discovered the secret to the life of my dreams, the answer to every prayer.
To me, unconditional happiness means that I can choose to be happy any moment of any day. It means that I no longer rely on any event or person outside of myself for my happiness. It means that no matter what happens in my life I can choose to be happy.
The reason I am so excited about this concept is because I realize that all we have in each moment is that moment. The past is gone; the future is not here yet. If I choose happiness then I am happy. And because I know of the law of attraction, I know that being happy brings me more happiness.
In my own life, I have found it so easy to learn and accept the "new age" teachings ("you create your own reality", the law of attraction, and the true cause and effect - which is backwards from what we have been taught). However, living that knowledge is another story! We are so ingrained in our patterns of thought and our perspectives. It has taken me years to peel back those layers and then there is always another one waiting. I started this website mainly because I felt so strongly inspired to do so. I do not know where it will go, but it is mainly about my commitment to and adventure with unconditional happiness.
I know that anyone who is seeking this information will find it. If you found my particular version of eternal truths, welcome and I hope these ideas and concepts will have the enormous positive influence in your life that they have had in mine.
I try to remind myself everyday the words of wisdom from Abraham-Hicks, "Life is suppose to be fun".
Brother David Steindl-Rast said it so much more eloquently that I:
"Ordinary happiness depends on happenstance. Joy is that extraordinary happiness that is independent of what happens to us. Good luck can make us happy, but it cannot give us lasting joy. The root of joy is gratefulness. We tend to misunderstand the link between joy and gratefulness. We notice that joyful people are grateful and suppose that they are grateful for their joy. But the reverse is true: their joy springs from gratefulness. If one has all the good luck in the world, but takes it for granted, it will not give one joy. Yet even bad luck will give joy to those who manage to be grateful for it. We hold the key to lasting happiness in our own hands. For it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” From “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer”
