HAPPY MUSINGS

Happy Musings is a newspaper feature syndicated by King Features that I create each day to remind us all that “Life is wonderful!” I offer it here to brighten your day. Please share it with your friends.

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03/04/09 (Love)

Way Beyond Words is the Heart
"Way beyond words is the heart. Fortunately, it's so close."
It is now that seems to be difficult. It is now that seems to be messy. It used to be before that people thought times were difficult, but now it's now.

People are scrambling to find a safe haven. They are gathering their goods and loved ones and holding on. They are fearful of a future that is not here but pretends to be here and is forecast to be coming.

People are hopeful that their world as they have known it will not end. They need hope. They need direction. They need help. No one who is in charge is really in charge, but they are looking for someone to be in charge who will fix it.

Sometimes it cannot be fixed. It can only be lived through. And the best way to live through anything is -- happily.

Where in the world can people turn for hope, for stability, for peace? Within! That's the only place of true solace. That's the only place of true joy.

Now, how to get there is the trick. Try this: Release all that you see -- by closing your eyes and being in a peaceful mode. Release all that you hear -- by being in a quiet space. Release all that you know -- by being in a humble state. Release all that you want -- by being in a grateful place.

Then enter the heart. That's home. That's where you are loved. That's where you are at peace. That's where you know you belong. That's home now and forever. Once there, never leave.

You may open your eyes. You may move into noisy spaces. You may listen to lofty words. You may feel needs. But never leave home. It is the only place where you can help yourself and in turn help others. It is the place of true understanding, true gratitude, true rest. Never leave home. Home never leaves you.

Remember, way beyond words is the heart. Be glad it's so close!

02/17/2009 (Goodness)


What is the Most Important Thing to know Right Now?
"Goodness matters, for goodness sake!"

As I woke up this morning with the remnants of a mildly disturbing dream lingering in my head, I thought that it would be nice to have a perfect bedtime story to read to myself every night before dropping off to sleep. It would set things right for the mind. Naturally a prayer or two are helpful as is the practice of counting one's blessings. But I thought that a magical bedtime story would be wonderful, one that went deep into oneself and planted the perfect thoughts.

Then I wrote it.

Here it is:
There is a wonderful plan of which you are a part. It is to bring goodness into the world, into your country, into your town, into your home, into your life. You, like all people, are the container of this goodness. You have the ability to spread goodness wherever you go and wherever you are.

The plan includes you, but is not about you. It is about goodness, and the more you realize this, the better you feel. The better you feel the more goodness you spread. When you think of yourself, think of goodness. When you think of your work, think of goodness. When you think of the people around you, think of goodness. When you think of the circumstances in your life, think of goodness.

This is why you are here – to be good, think good, do good and feel good.

What could be better than that?

That is my story. I'm going to read it every night and see how it affects my life. I invite you to do the same and then let me know how it affects your life as well. It is based on the absolute truth.

02/10/09 (Life)

Want to Stop Worrying?
"If worrying did some good, everything would be worth worrying about."

Worrying has become a popular pastime lately. With the economy the way it is, the job market the way it is, the housing market and the stock market the way they are worrying has become epidemic in our society. As unpleasant as it is, it is not easily gotten rid of or let go of. But it must. And to do so requires some information.

The first is to understand what it is. Worry is the fearful concern for something or someone or of something that might happen. It has to do with the future. It is the continual mental action of fear. And like all fear, it is based on the lack of something – usually knowledge. Worrying grinds away on a subject, turning it over and over again, trying to make some sense of it or even trying to make an outcome come out in a preferred way.

The second thing to understand is that it is useless. It is not only useless, it is detrimental. It is pours negative energy on the subject and the one worrying.

So it is not helpful in any sense. Once you understand this, then the next step is to figure out how to get rid of it.

This touches on one's core beliefs. If you are a person who believes, and better still, knows that you are standing in the essence of God at all times, you can easily pass the buck and hand off your concerns by putting them in God's hands. Then relax and wait for answers and time to resolve your concerns.

If your beliefs do not include a Higher Power presence, but you are aware of the newly popular Law of Attraction that is eternally operating, you may wish to consider worrying in this light. As you can imagine and even look back over your own life, you will see that worrying gets you more of what you worry about. Focusing on the negative hardly ever leads to positive results.

Or, you may simply wish to use common sense and realize that worrying interferes with your ability to think clearly and solve problems effectively. If your mind is being used for one activity, it can't be used for another. So practically speaking, worrying proves to be useless here again.

When you add all this up it is easy to see the benefit of letting go of this activity. Yes, it is a habit whose time has come to be put to rest.

The most extreme case of worrying I know is my mother-in-law. She worries at the drop of a hat. The rest of the family dances around her in conversation trying not to hit a subject she can get her worry tangs into. God forbid if someone should have a cold! We deal with it, but don't worry about it.

Worrying is somewhat like the most extreme case of motherhood. It is like a mother who runs around protecting for every possible danger her child could get into. She is constantly out in front of the child's movements, trying to assess potential dangers and thwart them ahead of time. It is as tiring to be such a mother as it is to be a worrier.

If worrying did some good, everything would be worth worrying about. But it's not, so don't!

Yep, give it up, this bad habit, if you have it. Trust yourself, the light you stand in and the law that brings you your own. Then let your brightness lighten the way for others to give up their worrisome concerns.

Remember the words of the great MAD magazine cartoon character Alfred E. Neuman, “What -- me worry?” Let “Never!” be your answer.

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