Sorry, I don’t know the secret of happiness but I can tell you the secret to being unhappy – expectations. A wise person once said to me, “The reason for all human unhappiness is expectations not being met.” How true! We want something to happen and it doesn’t manifest – unhappiness. We hope someone will behave in the way we have mapped out for them. They don’t – unhappiness results. Whenever we write the scripts in our heads for a future that has yet to happen, we set ourselves up to be unhappy.

 

Does this mean we should lower our standards or expect the worst from others? No. But we need to accept that we have no control over outcomes. Does this mean we should abandon our dreams? Of course not. But we should cultivate the attitude that the Higher Power knows best and detach ourselves emotionally from the outcome. Let go and let God. You’ll be much happier.