Cultivating happiness, contentment, joy for me is a close relationship with God, without God in the past I would have happy moments without being able to sustain it.

Happiness is not in the next job, the next home, the next partner, the next goal all those things are wonderful, but if you haven’t cultivated happiness inside yourself, those things will on feel good for a moment.

So how did I get to the calm, peaceful, happy person I am today? I shifted through my shadows, learned to accept the darkness, shameful parts of me with love, and the grace only God can give. I have allowed the light to shine into the darkness within.

Learning that we all have the darkness, shadows within, I to use to wear a mask, that I am sure most could see threw. Unearthing the parts I hid from the world, the secrets, all of us have them, no one who lives this human life is immune! The difference I am no longer ashamed of my darkness, the shadow selves.

I have created balance with the light and dark, any pain I have endured throughout life I have alchemized into my happiness, peace, calm, contentment within. You can be happy and still have sad, challenging moments, the difference is I can find the positive in all situations to learn and grow from.

Pouring love into me, accepting the things I cannot change, allowing the light to shine into the shadow parts of me, having a close relationship with God and my light team has cultivated happiness inside of myself. We are all capable of creating happiness within ourselves, we just have to be willing to look inside to create it! Amen!