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What if the mind’s criteria for feeling better emotionally are dependent on things we can’t control? Perhaps we want a promotion, or recognition at work.
We can certainly do things to help our case but we can’t force promotion or appreciation. Our mind now uses these external factors as justifications to
conclude that we are not as happy as we could be. We end up unhappy because we can’t change external circumstances. If we don’t change the criteria in
our mind we miss our opportunity for happiness.

The pursuit of happiness has turned into a struggle to get recognized and promoted. Not because it will really make us happier directly, but because our
belief system has set this as the means to an emotional end. We might very well get the promotion, a raise, and recognition only to find out we are not filled
with joy. Our pursuit of happiness has turned into a pursuit of assumptions in our belief system. The problem here is that we accepted our false beliefs as
being true.

If we aren’t aware of how belief structures limit happiness we are likely to try and change external factors in order to be happy. Trying to change factors
we can’t control can lead to us feeling frustrated and powerless.

The pursuit of happiness is real. It is an authentic and natural desire of our nature. For those that feel a deep emotional yearning, simply meeting the criteria
of beliefs about what is supposed to make us feel good doesn’t satisfy this yearning. At a deeper level it becomes about the heart’s desire, or satisfying
something at the level of the soul. Answering these desires is much more meaningful and emotionally fulfilling than satisfying the beliefs in the mind.

To create, and live in authentic happiness, you will need to learn not to blindly chase the false beliefs in the mind. You will have to pay closer attention to
the end goal of emotion and not jump after the first idea the mind offers as a means to get there. When we pursue happiness by satisfying the belief system,
we have taken our eye off the goal and become attached to assumptions and beliefs in the mind.

A new car, new clothes, or losing 15 lbs is just a means to an emotion based on a belief. A belief can change and then the emotion shifts. When you don’t
have an understanding of your beliefs, becoming happy is a moving target that is likely to get away from you.

Fulfilment in life and our work is a right and not a privilege for the chosen few. Every single one of us is entitled to feel fulfilled by the lives we lead and the
work we do, to wake up feeling inspired and impassioned to go to live and work, returning home with a sense that we are contributing to something larger
than ourselves. Fulfilment is not a lottery reserved for a lucky few who get to say, “I love what I do” and mean it wholeheartedly.

The pursuit of happiness is a part of our personal constitution and make up as a living being. It is every human’s birth right and it is within every person’s
possibility to achieve. To be successful in your pursuit of happiness you will need to dissolve the assumptions and validate the beliefs in your mind that
may interfere with your authentic happiness.

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