When we become open to happiness and are more mindful, we begin to notice happiness in moments.
Happiness takes practice. It starts with deciding that such a thing even exists, or can exist for you. Then you have to decide that you should have some. Then you have to start looking for it. Chances are that you have opportunities for happiness right under your nose that you haven't even noticed.
Stop blaming the world, your past, bad luck or other people. Accept the fact that you have some power and choices in your life.
Many have said that happiness is an inside job, but be sure to put some emphasis on the word "job."
You may live in a harsh world at times, but you can have a beautiful inner-life, and a beautiful outer-life always begins with a beautiful inner-life.
The most insubordinate obstacle you will encounter is your own limited thinking.
You do have choices even when your limiting beliefs insist that you don't.
Look, if you aren't happy, it's because you simply don't want to be. The mentally-ill and small children aside, you are responsible for your own happiness.
Looking to the external for happiness is like a drug addiction; you are always looking for an external fix to sooth your withdrawals of depression when things aren't going well. It is a form of self-medicating something deeper and unresolved.
If you are waiting for things in your life to align themselves so you can be happy, then you are likely in for some serious disappointment.
