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What are you focusing on today? Are you going to focus on what you think you do not have, what you wish you could have, or what you want to happen that would make you happy today? We all have a tendency to think that if something "out there," something or someone outside of ourselves, with make us feel better or happy if it changes or happens. The reality is that there is nothing outside of ourselves that will make us happy. We could change jobs, move to a different city, get the money we think we need, whatever it is and still feel and think the way we do right now. How we feel and how we think our life is, is already a part of us. It is already inside us. Thinking that we need to wait on something to happen to feel good, to feel happy, is a lie. We already have all we need to be happy.

Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, 'Look here!' or, 'There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you."

Luke 17:20-21

The kingdom of God is already here and among us. It is in us. I tell people that if someone calls me and says they want to move to Atlanta from another city I would ask them, "Well how is it where you live now?" If they answer with something like, "well we can't find friends, no one is freindly here, we cannot find a church, it is hard to connect with the community, etc." I would tell them that "that is pretty much what Atlanta will be like." If they answer, "well it is wonderful, we have found great people, nice people, wonderful friends, a church, we connected with the community, etc." I would answer the same. "That is pretty much what it will be like in Atlanta." Your happiness is already in you and how you think.

You see all the things we need are already with us. There is nothing outside of ourselves that will cause us happiness. It is already within. Do we realize that God is right here with you right now? Do you believe that you have what you need and it will come only when you need it? Give yourself affirmations that you are a child of God, that you are deserving of the love of God, that you have all that you need, that the kingdom of God is already here with you, and that love fills your heart and your life. Get rid of the thoughts that tell you you need something else to be happy. You already have it. Enjoy what you have, be thankful for what is there, and see how the things around change. Expereince how life changes from the inside out.

Namaste'