There's an old quote attributed to Gandhi.
That I love and that I've found myself referencing a few times recently with therapy clients.
And it goes like this.
Happiness is when what you think,
What you say,
And what you do.
Are in harmony.
Happiness is when what you think,
What you say and what you do.
Are in harmony.
What do you think?
Your speech,
The way you express yourself.
And your actions.
And to me,
This is a helpful gauge just to see are my actions and my speech and my thoughts in harmony or are there ways in which they are in conflict.
And I can notice that and then maybe make or take steps to resolve the discrepancies and make sure that they are in harmony.
And when those elements are in harmony,
Maybe that's the feeling.
Of happiness.
And sometimes it's not so clear,
Maybe what you think is not so clear,
So it could just take some experimentation with what you say and what you do to get data and feedback from the universe,
From the world around you,
And maybe that clarifies what you think.
You can experiment with saying something that feels maybe a little bit more authentic,
Even if you don't know exactly what the right or authentic thing is to say.
I think maybe inevitably that is the case when you try to be authentic,
You can't really know exactly how to do it.
So you experiment in the way that you speak.
Or in the way that you act,
Doing something,
Trying something that feels good.
A little bit more authentic or a little bit less inauthentic.
And then you might uncover more clearly what it is that you think.
So just one more time.
Happiness is when what you think,
What you say,
And what you do.
Are in harmony.
