A simple and rapid 3-step technique to keep you in happiness consciousness

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So you’re going about your usual business, trying to get things done but finding that as the day wears on, your spirit seems to be flagging, your focus is perhaps not as sharp as you need it to be and, all in all, you’re not feeling satisfied with your lot.  Come to think of it, this is not an unfamiliar feeling.

You begin to wonder, and not for the first time, if this is really what you want to be doing.  You feel resentment rising to the surface.  Your life is precious, so why are you spending so much of it feeling resentful, unfulfilled and afraid to make a change?

If you were to die tonight, your mind would spend your last few breaths playing a time-lapse movie of scores of missed opportunities, regrets and failures.  You don’t want to go feeling this way, feeling as if you had wasted your life.  You don’t want to carry this anxiety and failure into your next rebirth.  You don’t want to…

STOP!

You’re spinning in a loop that could easily lead to depression.  You don’t need to stay in it.  You can get out of it instantly and here is a simple 3-step technique you can use:

1. Interrupt your cycle of thoughts by focusing on something in your immediate space.  It could be your breath, the back of your hand, a flower in a vase or the view through a window.  It could be the sound of traffic, the purring of your cat or the movement of your chest as you breath deeply and softly.  It doesn’t really matter what it is as long as you direct your soft focus on just that one thing.

Do not try to think good thoughts or fight the bad ones.  Simply focus on your object of choice and each time you notice your attention has strayed, simply bring it back, gently with a smile.

2. Redirect your attention by thinking of 10 things that you can be grateful for.  I recommend that at least 5 of these are really basic things like your ability to breathe easily, the complete set of fingers and toes that you have, the ability to hear, the ability to see, the ability to walk.  Really fundamental stuff.

3. Reconnect with your natural state of happiness by asking yourself this question:  What is the least effortful thing I can think, say or do right now that will instantly help me feel peaceful and happy?

Really keep your mind open, fresh as a daisy in full bloom and allow the answer to land on you just as sunlight lands on the flower – effortless and complete.  Whatever you choose, do it now.

It may be something as simple as thinking of something or someone, or smiling to yourself or someone else, or bringing your hands together and really tuning into how they feel against each other…beautiful, simple, raw stuff like that…which is so grounding!  So helpful in re-centering you!

That’s all!  Try this any time you feel overwhelmed, underwhelmed or simply wanting to sharpen your focus and regain your concentration.

Let me know how you go, won’t you? :-)

Blessings Lucy

Awakening to Happiness!