When you'r happy {and you know it}

One can't help think of that old nursery rhyme song that we all grew up on, even when I was in grade or Sunday school I may have sung along with the classmates to this song, with little enthusiasm, in those times I was very shy, the teacher would, I recall, summon me to join in and sing louder, my face would turn red. The nursery rhyme song aside, I've grown up roughing up my exterior, no fairies and rainbows here, no wimpy thoughts, no smelling the roses and picking the flowers, but I'll swear I've never been happier! Keeping in mind that I am still expanding, my newfound happiness is not a mask, but more genuine, more real at a much deeper level, coming from within rather than looking at outside circumstances in order to be happy. Developing this ''inner happiness'' takes time and practice, and the good news is it's always been within us, we just don't use it very often, only occasionally we feel this euphoric happiness ''after'' something really good has happened, a life changing event of great magnitude or being in love with someone you really want, and finally winning them over. While these things are good, we seem to be unhappy UNTIL these great things happen, as we want something good to happen to us, we feel we won't be happy UNTIL it happens. What if we could be happy without something ''outside'' of us to make us happy?, that's not easy when we are unhappy, and it's the last thing we want to make an effort to do, but like I said, it's already in us. I liken it to when we were toddlers, no care in the world, learning, exploring, laughing and playing, and everything was taken care of, we already had that inner joy, everything came to us, because we were taken care of by our parents, our only job was to play, learn, and grow. We can still live this way as adults, but we were conditioned as we grew up that hard work and struggle is the only way to happiness, and sadly we don't get there, why?, because we're unhappy while trying to get there in the first place, then we reach harder and harder for the dream and miss the mark every time. the world view seems to me, to be that we must ''earn'' happiness, that it can only be achieved through hard work and toil, it's all B.S.! We were born with happiness, and we need to re-claim it, it's our birthright, why give it away to external circumstances. In the world of reality creation it is paramount to find our inner joy, even before we get what we want, we have to learn to be happy without it. What a paradox this can be but that's the secret ingredient to achieving personal goals, acting as if the goal is already achieved!, and what's that feeling?, happiness! We want what we want why?, because we know it will make us happy, so why can't we be happy now?, no reason even has to occur for this, we just make that conscious decision that we will be happy regardless, and if we were to self master this, everything we ever wanted would be seeking us as rapid manifestations would occur in miracle fashion. As practice requires looking inward to rekindle the joy we've always had within us, it goes without saying the benefits we'll reap, and that old saying couldn't ring more true, ''when you are happy you are successful'' and that this should be the number one goal in life above everything else bar none! The message could not be more clear, get happy first, and everything else will follow, in miracle fashion, get happy!