Be Happy: No Matter What They Do        by William George Webb      Sept. 2010

Envision a life of joy with others.

Is this what you want?  If you would rather be a hermit, this will not interest you. If the way you are living is just living to survive; if deep down inside you wish you could be happy,  filled with joy and free in this world full of human beings no matter what hits the fan today or who crosses your path; then you are ready to find some inspiration to join the world of pure joy together with all your fellow travelers. Read on and allow yourself to be filled with new hope. Find how simple it is to make a start and put yourself on the road to joy.

Today, I emanate light wherever I go.  I belong in every place my feet touch.  I am attached to nothing and everything is mine.  I want and lack nothing.  Life is pure joy and the possibilities are endless.  I am free to be loved and to love.  Love more than I have ever known is mine always and in each moment.

Fear is gone.  I no longer want to be free.  Wanting to be free was the problem.  Freedom from want is freedom from fear.  I learned to want for nothing for I wanted what I already had, yet did not know I had.

I was afraid to let go of my wants which really means I was afraid to let go of my fears.  Fear breeds fear.   I could not rectify fear by being afraid.  I tried.  It was a circle that did not take me to freedom and joy.  

Where did I find safety and security enough to detach from all wants?

In me.  The same self that I did not trust held the key to safety.

When I realized I was safe, I found unlimited supplies of courage, strength, energy, resources and people.  These are the things I needed to enjoy life to its fullest.  They all came to me when I realized I was safe.  I realized I was safe when I looked inside - of me.

At first I was afraid to look thoroughly at what I felt and thought.  I was afraid anyway so what did I have to lose? Fear, of course!   

So I looked some more.  Not alone.  Many others who went before me into their deep often dark realms were there to encourage me.  They told me I was worth it, not as much in words as in their demeanor.  They acted as if they were worth it, as if they belonged, as if they were filled with joy.  They were not acting.  They were being true to themselves. A true self I had never known.

I felt it.  I still feel it.  Now I share it wherever I go by my demeanor.

I am a complicated man made of a simple spirit.  Today I do not get caught up in everything that is happening out there.  I let it go.  This leaves me free to love and enjoy the day and everything in it.  Love is the only thing that makes a real difference.  Love dissolves want vs. want.  What you want versus what I want is the cause of all conflict.  Today I do not fight for what I already have.   

And I already have all the Universe has to offer.  Because I have everything, I need nothing from you.  There is nothing for you to give to me that would add to what I already have.  And because of this, I give and share freely.  Each day the joy is mine, the joy that is there for you and all human beings.

To find this joy, give one minute, one task, one talent to someone today.  Do not expect anything in return. Give just to give.  Do it again tomorrow.  Keep doing it as best you can.  Do not let pitfalls and setbacks deter you.  Pick yourself up and try again. Eventually, you will know that you already have everything, and you lack nothing.  

That is how we experience Joy and living life to its fullest.  We give out freely, always and without conditions.  If your pet comes to you with a wound you treat it without question.  And you feel good when you do so.  You do not insist the pet fulfill a requirement or meet some standard before you treat it.  Do you treat your fellow man the same way?  Do you expect them to meet some standard or give something in return before you offer what you have to him?  Can you treat human beings at least as well as you treat my own pet?

Well, pets are loyal and human beings are not, you may say.   I can trust my dog but I cannot trust my neighbor.  So why should I give anything to them, unless I deem they deserve it.    Perhaps you are afraid they may hurt you, that you will get a kick in the face as a reward for all your giving.   Why should I give to that so-and-so?    Because you are not doing it for them, you are doing it for yourself. All this giving is not for them it is for you. That is right. For you!   It is for you to become spiritually conscious. It is for you to find joy, to find all the world is at your disposal.  All you could ever imagine and much more is constantly available to you.

When I would held back my time, talents and treasures to those I deemed undeserving I was not spiritually conscious.  I was not aware of who I really was.  I was in fear, because I thought I lacked so many things like love, affection, approval, praise or loyalty.  I was doing or not doing things for people because I wanted their love, respect, a favor or loyalty.   

Without their loyalty, I could not feel great.  With it I found temporary satisfaction.  Yet I was still empty.

So I had to coerce you into being loyal to me.  By force or by kindness.  I needed your loyalty so I could feel better. Better really meant safe.  I wanted to feel safe.  I wanted to feel that everything was ok, that I would make it, that I was safe, that there was enough in this world for me. That I belonged.

Actually, we are all safe.  But it does us no good whatever if we do not know it.  If I am safe and do not know it, I may kill the next person who darkens my doorway.  The mailman.  If I am safe and do know it, I will kill no one, nor even attempt to harm them.  For I have nothing to fear.

Before Joy, I thought the world had only so much money, so much food, and a finite amount of everything material. This being so, it had to be divided up among us. And I saw that the dividing was unfair.  The haves had more than the have nots. I was not conscious of the meaning of the fishes and the loaves. From a few loaves and fishes, thousands were feed. Why was that?  The thousands were hungry and thought they had so little food. So they wanted. Then they found, under the direction of one who was conscious, that they had but knew not that they had and so they shared and filled their bellies and had more leftovers than what was first presented.

You have but know not that you have.    This is the point at which I started to take action.  I gave of my time and talents with what I thought was little to nothing. And my talents grew and my time became more available.  And the more I gave, the more that was multiplied in me.  Little by little, I stopped thinking about what I wanted, what I lacked, what I did not have. As I gave what little I had, more came to me, through me, in me.  And one day I began to experience joy.  Life became full of endless possibilities all available to me.  All doors opened, I began a limitless adventure and so I travel on it now.

And now is all there is. And now is limitless.

Give now. Love now. Be here now. You are safe. Find out for yourself. Start now. Give a little time, a little talent, a little treasure.

Give to whoever comes along. Give to the very next situation that presents itself. Do not hesitate. Do not even consider the object of your giving. Remember you are doing it for you not for them. Look inside and see what you have and eventually give it all away. This is where you find limitless treasure and pure Joy!

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