What do you want the most for the people you love the most? If you had a magic wand, what would you give it to your family and friends? What is it that everyone wants?
To be happy!
How can you make other people happy until you are happy? How can you be happy?
Lester Levenson, creator of the Sedona Method, discovered the key to happiness. He searched for 47 years and almost died in the process, but he found it. Do you want to know what it is?
Lester had a breakthrough after much soul-searching and figured out how to be happy only after reviewing his entire life. He discovered a common pattern, one that was present in every happy moment.
Every time he felt love for another person he felt happy. And every time she felt any other feeling she wasn’t happy.
Try this principle for yourself. Think of a time when you were blissfully happy. Did you feel affectionate at that moment? This works for me every time. Is this easy or what? Just amazing!
If this sounds too simple to work, I know you haven’t tried it yourself. Turning on a light bulb is also easy just because someone else figured it out!
Now it’s time for Happy Talk or how to talk in a way that makes your family and friends happy…
1. Be happy yourself
Spend twenty minutes asking yourself:
- Who do I love most in my life?
- What is it that I love most about myself?
- What things do I love most in my life?
After doing this exercise you will feel much happier. And you will have done it without spending money on expensive clothes, cars or vacations!
2. Spread happiness
Now that you feel happy, you will radiate this to whomever you spend time with. Happiness is contagious. Just be yourself and increase happiness by quietly asking yourself the three questions above when you’re in company.
3. Show your friends and family how to be happy
Depending on how well you know your friends, you may want to approach this step in one of two ways.
If you want to play it safe, ask your friend to talk about times when she was happy. Let her talk and just listen as she relives those wonderful times of the past.
Share your own favorite moments too. Have fun!
If the people you’re with are more open to the ideas we’re discussing here, take them through the steps I covered earlier in section one. Ask them these questions:
- Who do you love most in my life?
- What do you love most about me?
- What things do you love most in my life?
The Dalai Lama teaches that the purpose of life is to be happy. Go ahead and live a purposeful life with his family and friends!