The Pursuit...of Happiness (and Joy)

One of my favorite movies (from an intellectual/dream driven standpoint) is Will Smith's, The Pursuit of Happyness. It's one of those movies that I can only watch once every few months, because the story is all so real for anyone who has ever wanted to move up from where they are. I watched it this week, and what struck me was a line, where Chris Gardner (Will Smith), makes a statement about his goals:

"It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe, happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?"

What do you think about that statement. To me, what stuck out is:

 "how did he know to put the pursuit part in there."

I believe that if you have a dream in your heart to accomplish, it doesn't just come to you, you must pursue it. Can you pursue something (that's right) and be miserable? Absolutely! But if you pursue something that you know is right, and after a time, you achieve what you knew was right..what you knew you were called to do...then that's success. And it in turn leads to happiness (or a better descriptor: joy).

So if the founding fathers could pursue (and stand on): life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; why don't we adapt that into our everyday lives.

How does this apply to you?

You must decide what "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" means to YOU. We are all different. I guarantee what it means to you will be different than what it means to you.

Find your happiness, your pursuit. Find what makes you get up in the morning with gumption, and spark, and a true calling and purpose. Then never let it go, and never let anyone take it from you.

That is the pursuit.

That is how you make an impact.

This is how you change your life (if that is your desire).

In health and prosperity,
Monica