It’s Okay to be Happy

I was on a call recently with a past co-worker. When they asked me how I was, I found myself self conscious in telling them that I am happy. What I wanted to say was “I’m happy! So happy!” But I found myself pausing and trying figure out how to share this news authentically, in a way that wouldn’t sound like I was trying to one up them.

It was an interesting moment. This interaction made me think about why I paused. Why I held back any of my exuberance for life. I think it is a bit of conditioning that I need to release. The idea that I need to stay small to make sure I don’t make others uncomfortable. It’s a theme in my life and one that I’m working on breaking.

I’m working on changing my own programming from the belief that sharing my own true brilliance makes others feel uncomfortable to believing that the brilliance within me feeds and inspires people. I must move out of the idea that there is any comparison or competition because we are all moving in the same direction.

I am happy! Yes, I have my moments when I am not bubbling over with joy, but for the most part, I am happy. And often, I am bubbling over with joy.

I am sharing this with you only to instill inspiration and hope so that you can find this place for yourself too. I’m sharing this with you in hopes that if you are feeling the same way as me, that you will share it with me too. That together we can show the world that living a life of joy and happiness is not only possible, but so easy too.

If you are not in this place, don’t worry. You are already on the path. You are already seeking and taking the steps in your own time and in your own journey to bring you here. TRUST in your own process. TRUST in yourself.

xx

Dmitria