Do you ever qualify your happiness?

For instance…

You’re looking at a long to-do list for the day and you complain, “Oh what a burden. Once I get through this list, I’ll be happy.”

Or, you stand in a long line at the grocery store mumbling, “Once I get through this line and checked out, I’ll be happier.”

Or, it’s nearing the end of the month and you need that next paycheck, you proclaim, “Once I get that paycheck, I’ll be much better.”

And the list of qualifiers could go on and on…

But this is not a cool way to live!

One qualifier leads to another. If you’re tempted to think your happiness can be limited in one venue, you’re likely to believe it can be limited, or taken from you, in another.

But there’s a cure.

Don’t attach happiness to a material outcome.

Happiness is spiritual. It comes from God, and you can have it no matter the length of your to-do list, how long the check-out line is, or how much money is in your pocket.

True happiness is spiritual consciousness. It’s an awareness of God’s infinite good spilling over into the far corners of the universe, and knowing that you stand right smack in the middle of it all.

True happiness is spiritual mindedness. It’s a loving thought, a grateful thought, a radiance of Soul that exists independent of any material factor.

So, don’t qualify your happiness. Don’t think you have to gain something material first, or be somewhere else first, or to be with another person first, before you can be happy. You have all you need coming straight from God to be happy.

Enjoy God’s goodness where you are and let it take your thinking over. You’ll be much happier!

“Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love.” Science and Health, p. 57