If you insist on moving toward something tangible in order to be happy, it will inevitably become the next thing you’ll need to venture beyond in an elusive, never-ending, and unfulfilling pursuit. The mirage isn’t how convincingly the desert in the distance looks like an oasis, but how nourished you believe you’ll become with mouthfuls of sand. You can and will be happier than you’ve ever imagined, but it is found in the one place that does not require imagining – this very moment.
Happiness is not the perfect assembly of characters, outcomes, circumstances, and environments. It is your innate ability to bring to life your greatest effort, your unwavering enthusiasm, and the demonstration of your highest wisdom in courageous and loving response to the way things seem to be.
While there will always be an oasis off in the distance, the wise ones honor the lessons that chasing and tasting sand has offered, and instead, surrender to building their most majestic castles of potential with the resources they’ve been given. Co-creation is not simply a matter of making something you don’t see appear. If that were the case, whatever you bring your way will be the next thing to bypass in favor of attracting the next thing to you.
Even if you think you’ve created something into reality, it is merely a matter of being so aligned with what was already meant to be that you consciously desired it as a way of reminding yourself what you forgot was bound to occur. Co-creation isn’t a constant desire to rearrange the details of life. While sometimes change is essential, vital, and necessary, it is not meant to be used as a habitual form of avoidance Instead, co-creation is your fearless ability to accept the raw materials of present moment reality, so that you can create a timeless work of art with the choices at hand.
As always, trust in the wisdom of your soul to acknowledge the choices that are within your reach and to help you determine the difference between the necessity of change as a catalyst for your evolution, and the constant need for change as a means of avoiding the way things are. If you’re unsure which aspect of change is motivating you, simply put aside any need to plan or move ahead, and allow this chapter of your life to be where greater relaxation, unconditional love, and true self-care are cultivated -- until further instructions are received.
And, in a profound moment of cosmic irony, when the circumstances at hand are honored as the highest and most fertile possibility right now, the floodgates of divinity open to invite you into the multiplicity of the quantum realms. You cannot find happiness by imagining it as an object to pursue, when all that does is make every other thing in your life appear less than by comparison or in the way of what you want. While there are parallel timelines in existence, they are opened to welcome your arrival when the situations you’re in are wholeheartedly honored as fierce training ground for the evolution of your soul.
Even if you feel stuck and don’t know what to do, the most courageous choice is to be as open and receptive as possible to the absolute gift this moment provides. Thank you life for showing me what I cannot see. Thank you for helping me conquer what I cannot get past. Thank you for helping resolve what I cannot reconcile. Thank you for bringing me out of hiding to be more passionate, joyful, honorable, powerful, and loving, whether circumstances change or remain.
From this space of ever-ripening gratitude and humility, happiness is like marriage vows exchanged between your beloved mind and innocent heart brought together in holy matrimony by the purity of your soul: I accept that happiness is here, in sickness and in health, for better or for worse until death do us part.
I now pronounce you One with the light of all and ready to embrace the fate of your highest destiny with open mind, open heart, and open arms. It is a journey that will offer you more than you’ve ever imagine wanting, or have ever attempted to create, that is inevitably received when life becomes a one way street to explore without spending all your time hiding in alleys.
If you wait to be happy, you’ll be confused why you’re unable to fully cherish the things you’ve waited for once they arrive. If you dare to be as open, receptive, inspired, and fulfilled, no matter how upside down things seem to be, it is the most direct way to turn your life right side up for the evolution.