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Claiming Your Happiness
BY RAMONA ROBERTS
CREDITED TO SINCERELYMONA.COM
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How often do we let the fear of disappointment control what we allow ourselves to be happy about? For me, often. So often that it was almost 2nd nature.
Our previous experiences of disappointment have scared us so much that we don’t even allow ourselves to just soak in our joy because we don’t know how long that joy will last. We may be thinking we’re protecting ourselves, but we are really doing ourselves more damage.
Let’s think about how common this really is. We make ourselves feel the disappointment before we even know the final result of the situation.
“I got accepted but I’m not sure how I’ll pay for it” “They’re feeling better, but I’m not sure how long it’ll last” “I got a job, but I don’t think I’ll like it” “I applied, but they probably won’t hire me”
We swear we aren’t superstitious but will give the idea of “jinx” some real live power. Jinx is just an excuse to not be bold and proclaim out loud what you want! Life is too short to not ever try God, trust God, or allow God to work miracles in your life. Failure, disappointment, sadness and every other emotion we try to avoid are temporary to how we choose to think and perceive what life throws our way.
I didn’t get the job and I wallowed in that disappointment for a long time. But once I realized I wasn’t dead, life was still going on, blessings still flowing and all of this available joy, I realized I gave that negative shit way too much power. Not only did I get another opportunity, but it also took me to the very place I said I wanted to go and connected me with the very people I said I wanted to meet. God’s power is as real as we allow it to be in our minds.
We are human and bound to have initial emotional responses to things we encounter in life, and that includes the good, the bad, and the disappointing. But once you realize that the lasting phase of disappointment is you mentally not moving forward, then you realize your power.
Disappointment is as depressing as you make it. Stop letting it control what you do and don’t go after, as well as limiting your belief that what you ask for can really happen. Be patient with God’s timing and enjoy the journey.
