It can be so easy to get caught up in other people’s descriptions of happiness. A Facebook post, bit of celebrity news, or Snapchat photo compels you to live someone else’s moment (even if it’s fixed or filtered or edited), and it can give you a false impression of what true happiness is. When you focus too much on other people as a measure of your own happiness, you inevitably disconnect from your source of happiness—yourself.
Happiness is an internal state of being, not an external place you have to find. Recite As I expand my awareness, energy flows freely through me to redirect and expand your awareness to your internal source of happiness.