Happiness Directions: Step Seven: Accept Where You Are Here And Now

Always say 'yes' to the present moment...surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life-and see how life suddenly  starts working for you rather than against you. 
Eckhart Tolle

Just say yes!

By saying yes to life as it is right here and right now we take a giant leap towards happiness.  We get rid of our clinging to past memories that bring us down and keep us stuck...we stop projecting into a future that never comes and we start embracing the only time we have to live in,  which is right here and right now.  Your life is only going on in this present moment.  If you want to be happy it is now!

Buddha taught that everyone of us can live happily right here right now. Thich Nhat Hanh in peace is every breath (2011) explains Buddha's teachings this way: "Fully available to the present moment, we discover we already have enough conditions to be happy-more than enough, in fact.  We don't need to go looking for anything more in the future or in some other place.  That's what we call abiding or dwelling happily in the present."(page 77)

So...no matter what is going on around you or in you, simply be aware of it and the moment that exists within it.  It is in that moment that you want to live.  Accept it.  Embrace it!  When you do, your life might just start to work for you rather than against you!  Happiness is here and now!

All is well in my world.

References

Thich Nhat Hanh (2011) peace is every breath. New York: Harper One

Tolle, Eckhart (2010) The Power of Now. New World Library.