Its within you

So many of you are looking for fulfillment where it can never be found. You are looking for fulfillment in things, possessions, money, recognition. You’re looking for fulfillment in another person, praise from a parent, love from another person, a ‘well done’ from the world, but here’s the problem: you can never find it outside of you. It can only be found within you. All the happiness and joy you could ever hope for and more is all within you. 

The truth is we don’t need all those other things to complete our life, we don’t need anything outside ourselves to be happy people. Think back to a time in your life when you didn’t have those things you seek but were still happy, perhaps when you were a child, perhaps even not too long ago. The reason why you were happy without those things is simply because you weren’t focused on what you didn’t have, your focus was on what was available. And happiness is always there, if you choose to focus on finding it. 

We tend to always look for happiness outside ourselves, but we ought to know that it doesn’t come from there. Whatever we perceive as reality becomes our reality. If you listen to the world and the opinions of others you may as well come to believe that happiness is only gained once you make money, or get that nice car, or that great house.

Why do we want those things anyway? Why do we want the car, the house, the money, that perfect person? All of it without exception we want because we believe getting it will make us better. We believe it will make us feel better, make us feel happier. Don’t get dragged into the expectations of society. You don’t need all of these things to be happy and complete. What you need is always within you, it never goes away. You are complete right now. Look within you, make the decision to always be happy. Find something to be grateful for, choose to lift others up. Give attention rather than seek it, find your life’s purpose and set goals that light the spark within you.   Believe in yourself, believe your life has meaning. Don’t let the things you lack or desire determine how much happiness you express. There is nothing you can not accomplish when you are free from the burden of looking for things outside of yourself to fulfill you. Just know you have the answers, trust your intuition. It’s called self-belief.

 

culled from: fearless motivation