Income Outcome

Time to Be Happy

A New Approach

By Janet Van deWalle

Those of you who have been reading Women’s Edition for some time know that my Income Outcome column focuses on how to help us be more deliberate creators in our lives… to learn, to have joy, and to grow. Over the years, I have searched for new approaches to this process, though quotes, teachers, seminars, and so on, and I have always shared these approaches with you.

I wanted you all to know that I’ve found another one: a man named Mike Dooley. I had never heard of him until a week ago, when I got an email from Hay House, which is Louise Hay’s foundation. I clicked on the link, watched a couple of his videos, and committed to my very first webinar… three one-hour seminars, over three days. I loved it.

“Let dreams be broad brush strokes.” —Mike Dooley

I learned so much during those three hours that I bit the bullet and purchased the 10-hour online training course. What I have found the most interesting about the last week is the immediate impact it had on me. At the beginning, Mike asks, “Why do you want…the new car, the new house, the love of your life, great health, and a terrific physique?” I asked my husband, Manny, these questions. He immediately replied, “Because it will make me happy!” Bingo. He was so right on. That is the only reason any of us want anything. We want it because we believe it will make us happy.

“Nothing happens unless first we dream.” —Carl Sandburg

The thing that hit home to me is how pure that answer was. Manny nailed it. We all want to be happy. What Mike Dooly asks is, why don’t we all just be happy?

“…happy. Which means follow your dreams, face your fears, and, every single day, move forward.” —Mike Dooley

I had made a decision before I even started this program to be happy every day. Now, does that mean I nail it every waking hour? Nope. Does it mean that I have failed if I’m not happy all the time? Nope. Mike talks about how an hour of being happy is 10,000 times more powerful than eight hours of negativity. That works for me!

I love it when the Universe delivers me a new path to learn, to have joy, and to grow. When I was a teenager, it was the “Seth” books by Jane Roberts. When I was 40, the source was Abraham/Hicks. Today, I’m going to delve into Mike Dooley. He’s funny. He’s very down-to-earth, and I know this is going to be fun. Join me in these columns, and let’s be happy!

“Follow your dreams, they know the way.” —Kobe Yamada