There have been times in my life when I wanted something very badly, was absolutely certain I would receive it, and didn’t get it.

In those times I have usually chosen to experience disappointment. Those times were actually opportunities to let go of unpleasant feelings that were not necessary to hold onto anymore. I usually didn’t see things that way. I do now.

And while I still really want lots of things, and find that I do not receive them, I have become empowered to look at those experiences differently. Now, I can use them to become even more excited and certain of experiencing something even better than I had originally hopes for.

Here are a few things that allow me to do this. Perhaps they will serve you as well.

I choose to believe that I am protected from anything that is not for my higher good and the higher good of all. So if something that I truly and deeply desire does not manifest as I am certain it will, then I trust that it is all for the best, even if that makes no sense to me or anyone else.

I follow this belief up with choosing to believe that not receiving what I desired actually leaves me open to experiencing even better opportunities that are in even greater harmony with my life purpose.

I actively seek even better opportunities, recognizing that they can often come in the smallest and most unseemly of packages.

This is where trusting our guidance and intuition is critical. External appearances can deceive our brains and minds. Using our inner perceptions allows us to see the diamonds and gold glittering beneath the dirt and mud.

Should you experience disappointments, experience them fully. Allow all of the not-so-good thoughts and feelings to flow through you and into the earth. Let them go and then focus on the beliefs above.

Disappointment is a choice. I highly recommend transforming it into gratitude for the even better opportunities that are all around you, hidden in plain sight, and ready to be seized and maximized. Go after what you want! There are good reasons you want those things. As you do, you’ll either get them or receive lessons of even greater value. I guarantee it!

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Many years ago, one of my voice teachers shared with me an important question that his spiritual teacher had shared with him, “Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?”

This question has many possibilities for discussion. Today, I’ll just focus on what it means to be truly happy.

Many people think that happiness is a function of the quality of external circumstances. The truth is that our circumstances are merely information on how we are currently creating our reality. To focus on circumstances that are flowing out of your own being and thinking that they are “causing” your happiness is kind of silly. We are the creators of our own happiness, no matter how we interpret our experiences.

The more effective and consistent way to experience happiness as a continuous experience is to recognize that we choose whether to experience it or not. Once we accept this truth, we can set up regular habits and patterns that make for a happy life. In other words, we can literally choose to accept absolutely nothing less than ecstatic bliss from moment to moment.

There are many aspects from the mental standpoint to achieving this bliss. There are two keys that most people are currently missing in creating a life of unending joy.

1. Accept the Spiritual Power that makes for a happy life.

2. Let go of all fears and fear-based energy patterns of intention,feeling,thought, and action.

Taking these two actions will lead the people who habitually practices them into a life filled with more happiness than they can currently imagine.

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