Have an Irish Day!!!!!

                                            
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I am celebrating my Irish roots, and dreaming of a hike along the coastline there.  Today it pours dogs and dogs and I love the sound of it.  I am in a happy mood and remembering that happiness is a choice, a discipline.  It is not the world that makes us happy, it is something we give ourselves permission to do in the presence of something grand, beautiful, pleasant, or good.  So it is not the amazing sky at sunset at the beach, nor the hug we get from a friend, or the nice meal we prepare for ourselves and friends, but how we value those things that actually gives the joy.  

The Buddhists talk about having our karma CHEERFULLY.  No matter what is in front of us in our day, we can remind ourselves that 1) it is a transient state, 2) that it may bring blessings beyond what we can see, and 3) that we can choose to hold it lightly and let it carry us forth,  over and over again to another place.....even if we do not know where it is taking us.

We are held, always in the heart of the universe.  "Each flower is a symbol of the Infinite trying to express itself." Paramabansa Yogananda.   And we could say that each LIFE is a symbol of the Infinite trying to express itself...

I leave you with a Celtic Cross.............Sit for moment, focus on an image,  and allow happiness to come to you........

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                                                  Celtic cross

Offstage cues: Permission, Cheerful Karma, Redefining joy.

Explore:   The Happiness Project