I’m still reading “How to Be Rich and Happy” and I’m still doing the exercises and something I realized while reading about the “Golden Hello” in Chapter 6 and “Worry Outsourcing” in Chapter 9 is …

You and I have access to as much happiness as we decide we want to have access too. As long as what we do, where we live, how we display ourselves to the world doesn’t stray too terribly far away from the values/anti-values we hold, we continue to fully believe we can be happy with what’s in front of us.

Mostly.

Most of the time.

Much of the time.

Enough of the time, that we disregard the choices for real, unconditional happiness, which are always available to us.

I’m using the pronouns we and us, when the more appropriate one is I.

Here’s what I know for certain and what was truth for me.

When I based my happiness on how and where I lived, how much money I made and could spend, how well I was liked, what I accomplished, possessed, held or desired, my happiness appeared and disappeared, like close-up magic.

I was always amazed to see it vanish, even as I had my eyes and hands on it.

However, now I know each and every moment, as long as I have a thought in my head, I can choose my happiness.

So is “How to Be Rich and Happy” going to reveal exactly what that happiness is?

No. There is no book, author, guru, system, workshop or process to do that. It’s a choice, a decision and it’s yours and it’s mine.

Will that happiness remain unchanged? Will others always agree with it?

Honestly it doesn’t matter. Your choice of happiness is yours and yours alone.

I’m still reading “How To Be Rich and Happy” not because I want the happy. I want the rich (and I know it’s not ALL about money, some yes but not all). I’ve held my happiness for a while now, even though I didn’t realize it immediately.

Are you holding yours?

Stay aware. Stay present. Choose happy. Be rich.