All we have is NOW.

Lennonluv2

How many of us are working towards fitness or weight loss goals so that when we get there we can be happy?

How many of us believe happiness is a state to be achieved at some future time?

How many of us feel that happiness comes from something outside of us?

Too many of us!

Do you recall when you were your ideal weight but still felt unhappy? I do.

Do you remember when you bought that new car or something material and felt happy but then it faded away and you felt sad? I really do.

So now maybe you can see that happiness and peace comes from within. It comes from knowing who you are beyond how you look and what you own.

I was feeling blue as I stepped off the scale and saw it was up another pound. I sat for my morning meditation and started to cry. The tears were created by the thoughts that said I am failing and it's bad to gain weight, good to lose weight.

But then in came the thought...."Is it true?" Is it?

No, it is NOT good or bad. It just plain IS.

This is so simple and freeing and the mind made me does not want to go there. It is liberating to know that we are NOT our thoughts. Our thoughts pass away and what is left? The recognition that happiness is ours to embrace in this moment no matter what the number on the scale says.