What I need to be happy is what I already have. Happiness is a state of mind, it is choice that we make. As an adult I am the creator of my reality, there may be things that influence me, but it is my choices and my decisions that create the direction in which my life goes.

I choose to be happy, to live in the moment, to appreciate everything that comes my way. To find joy in the simple things in life. I choose to see the beauty that surrounds my life, the beauty of my natural environment. I choose to smell the roses, to talk with the trees and walk barefoot on the earth. I choose to feel the connection with all living things.

I choose to listen to my inner voice, to my inner wisdom. I choose to embrace and express my emotions, to allow my anger to motivate me, my rage to carry me. They are a part of me and in accepting myself, the good and the bad, I accept who I am. I choose to sing and to dance. I choose to write and to share. I choose not to watch T.V, not to read papers, not to listen. Instead I listen to what I need to know.

My awareness makes me happy. My amazing children make me ridiculously happy (most of the time). My lifestyle makes me happy. My choices make me happy. Being true to myself makes me happy. Living in my natural state of being makes me happy.

Everything I need is what is inside of me, it is my voice that guides me. Nature provides for me, she nurtures me and nourishes me. Everything I need is within myself and within nature, but we are one and the same. Being part of this amazing cycle that all life is part of, accepting that, embracing that, that makes me happy. Seeing my connection to all life, honouring that connection, celebrating that connection, that makes me happy.

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It is like our breath, our breathing. Everyone knows how to do it, yet who actually breaths properly, who takes a full breath in, fills their lungs...... and then exhales and releases. Turning this natural part of our life into this wonderful ability to heal, to let go, to empower, this makes me happy. It is so simple, yet so overlooked. It takes just a few extra minutes, to connect with yourself, but it is so powerful.

Happiness comes from within........ It comes from self love, from self awareness......... It comes from our natural State of Being.

Life is not meant to be complicated.
Life is just meant to be......
In the moment
Alive
Breathing
Feeling
Connecting
Aware.

Happiness comes from what we put into our bodies, the food that we choose to eat, the products that we put on our skin. I choose to nourish my body with wholesome foods that come from the earth. I choose to not eat animals. I choose to eat food that nourishes my body, that does what food is meant to do. When I am healthy I am happy. I am what I eat and what I eat is my choice. How we treat our bodies is our choice, it is our responsibility. In taking control of my own health I am happy.

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I choose to honour my body, to see it for all the amazing things that it does. To feel such gratitude for the fact that I get to wake up each day and be with my family, that it allows me to be alive. I choose to embrace my body, it is the only one I have, so I choose to look after it, to celebrate it. I choose to see my moon cycle as a gift, a wonderful gift that allows me to release and let go. That reminds me that I need to be gentle with myself if I am to be strong. A gift that allowed me to have my beautiful children, that allows me to bleed to life.

All of this makes me happy.
All of this makes me strong and empowered.
This is who I am, this is who I choose to be.
All I need to be happy is that which I carry inside of me.

In saying all of that, there is one external thing that I need to be happy, Access to the Wilderness. I need to be able to see the sea, the mountains, the earth, I need to smell the trees, to get lost in the forest. I can feel my connection, I can close my eyes and feel my roots go down to the earth no matter where I am. But I always need to go back there. I need the wilderness, I need that freedom that comes from being in the wild. I can hold my own wilderness inside, but if all the wilderness in the world goes, then I could not be happy. I am not one to be caged, to be held within four walls. I am not one to be contained. I need to spread out, I need to feel my feet in the earth, I need to get my hands dirty. I need to be wild!

And yes I can carry that with me, but my wildness is part of the wilderness and I will lose a part of myself if our natural wilderness is destroyed.

So What Do You Need To Be Happy?, I would love to know xx

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