Are you ready to be happy?
From time to time my 3 year old son Noah asks me to read to him from my “boring book” which is often whatever book I am reading, when he asks me to do this he lays in bed while I read to him by the glow of his nightlight. There’s a strange part of me that thinks he’ll “get” the lessons in the books I read because at least 3 times a week I find myself reading out loud from some great books.
Last night I was reading to Noah from the classic “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. With this book in particular I have found it is of huge benefit to me as I read it out loud. Reading out loud gives e a chance to think even more about the words on the page and I use more of my mind comprehending what has been written. I came across a passage that seemed to jump off the page and slap me in the face. And while “Think and Grow Rich” is principally a book about generating a higher income I thought the lesson of this passage was very applicable across a wide spectrum of life experience, and notably the desire to be happy. The passage says the following;
“There is a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it.
No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it.”
I thought about how true this is as it applies to happiness and inner peace. So many of us wander around through the day to day wishing that we could have a happier life. But it never really goes any further than that, it remains a wish, and any desire that remains a simple wish is no more effective than if you dropped a coin down a well. I believe there are people out there who wish they could be happy but deep down they don’t feel they are worthy of happiness.
In my own life I have seen this with some of my family members. My siblings and I had the unfortunate experience of losing a brother and several years later losing both of our parents within months of each other. This is not an easy situation to handle, and I must say in the moment I believe we all handled it very well. As the years pass however certain of my siblings have not been able to let go of the melancholy that often accompanies you when you lose a loved one. Sometimes it seems they “catch” themselves being happy and then experience guilt for feeling happy even though they have lost these people that are so important in their lives.
This is exactly the sort of thing that we need to overcome, until you know that you are worthy of happiness, until you know deep down inside that you deserve happiness, you are not going to be able to experience lasting happiness.
Keith
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Hi Everybody,
Thanks so much for the great response to the teleseminar, as I mentioned on the call there was just too much information to get it all in one call so I have added a 3rd call on Tuesday April 21, 2009.
To register for call three and to get free audio of the entire teleseminar go to the teleseminar tab and sign up, I’ll make sure you get access to the downloads and all the information on call 03
Once tyhe call series is over I’ll get back to regular blog posts, there are only so many hours in the day and the content for call number three is going to be the best content we’ve seen yet!
Keith
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Call number 2 is today! Don’t miss the teleclass today “Being Happiness” I’m really excited about the great and practical stuff that we’ve put together for this call. I spent a long time debating whether or not I could share what I wanted to share over a teleclass, and while I was debating it I was talking with a mentor of mine and discussing how to possibly share some of the important things I’ve discovered in my life and he said something to the effect of, “the best message in the world is useless if it is not shared as widely as possible.”
That thought really struck me and immediately I planned this call, and actually started a podcast as well in addition to the regular blog and incredible things have happened! I’m really excited about sharing this great content with everybody and want to remind you that this call is guaranteed to be 100% pitch free!
If you can’t make it on the call today, go ahead and register and I’ll make sure you get a copy of the audio for the call in MP3 format so you can listen to it at your leisure as soon as it’s available.
Visit http://youarehappiness.com/?page_id=85 to register for the call or for your free recording!
In Happiness,
Keith
P.S. The Call is today April 14th 2009 at 3:00 PM EST/2:00PM CST/1:00 PM MST/12:00 PM PST. I hope you can make it!
The Teleclass Is Today!
Don’t miss the teleclass today “Being Happiness” I’m really excited about the great and practical stuff that we’ve put together for this call. I spent a long time debating whether or not I could share what I wanted to share over a teleclass, and while I was debating it I was talking with a mentor of mine and discussing how to possibly share some of the important things I’ve discovered in my life and he said something to the effect of, “the best message in the world is useless if it is not shared as widely as possible.”
That thought really struck me and immediately I planned this call, and actually started a podcast as well in addition to the regular blog and incredible things have happened! I’m really excited about sharing this great content with everybody and want to remind you that this call is guaranteed to be 100% pitch free!
If you can’t make it on the call today, go ahead and register and I’ll make sure you get a copy of the audio for the call in MP3 format so you can listen to it at your leisure as soon as it’s available.
Visit http://youarehappiness.com/?page_id=85 to register for the call or for your free recording!
In Happiness,
Keith
P.S. The Call is today April 14th 2009 at 3:00 PM EST/2:00PM CST/1:00 PM MST/12:00 PM PST. I hope you can make it!