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I admit it. I used to be sarcastic. Sarcasm made me feel strong, witty, and brave.
That was then. In the early 90s when, reading John Knowles’s A Separate Peace because I would be teaching it, these words popped out at me: “As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak.” The words forced me to shut the book and ponder whether
Are you aware when you’re happy?
It shouldn't require a big philosophical discussion to know if you’re happy or not. In fact, years ago I met the French homeopath Dr. Christian Almayrac in Lake Arrowhead. He called himself Dr. Happiness and his basic premise was “Enjoying my happiness is the most important thing for me and for everybody else.” He’d constantly ask himself, “Am I happiest thinking ……….?” If the answer wasn’t an immediate yes, it was a no. And if the answer was 
You have a soul. It's not physical like your body. It's ethereal, like angels and spirit guides.
It knows you better than you know it, and it knows way more about everything than you do. It knows what you want most and what you came here to do and be. It wants you happy. It wants others happy. And it knows how to create that. All you have to do is ask it for help in your life. Use your non-dominant hand to write down its answers. Ask questions about its answers. Do this especially if: 
I keep reading this quote that says, “The hardest thing about “everything happens for a reason,” is finding the reason.”
Except it usually isn’t In fact, it can be alarmingly simple. But before I reveal how, let me give you an example from my own life. Eighteen years ago, I came home to discover that my home 
1. When it looks like you’re not going to have enough money for something you desire. Decide that you do! Then see what and how it shows up.
2. When you don’t have enough time to complete something. Decide what time you want to get done. Then get to work and be prepared to be surprised. 3. When you can’t solve a problem. Decide you get it solved anyway. Then allow it all to fall into place. 
Sometimes life overloads me. There’s too much going on, or there’s crazy energy disrupting the peace. You know what I mean?
Those times are just ripe for escalation. When there’s too much going on, mistakes get made, which means even more stuff is going on. Or, when crazy energy’s disrupting the peace, it’s so easy to go into our corners or be reactive. Either way, we’re creating even more crazy, disruptive energy. So what are we to do? |
Joanne Wilshinis the author of Take a Moment and Create Your Life! and The Happiness Path. She facilitates workshops and creative circles, and provides lectures and individual coaching to support understanding both the creative process and how the mind-matter phenomenon can be harnessed for personal and worldly benefit. She lives with her husband David in northwestern Washington. 
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