January 24, 2011

You are responsible for your own happiness and unhappiness. Obviously, the choices you make today will impact your state of mind tomorrow and, perhaps, for days and years to come. But, there are also choices you made before you were born here in this form, in this body—choices you made in the between time, between one incarnation and the next. In that between time, you were able to discern what you had learned in your previous life, take stock, and then select sets of circumstances in your next life to help your spirit learn previously unlearned or poorly absorbed lessons. In doing so, you decided on details of your life that would provide the lessons you need—where you would be born and to whom, your gender, socio-economic and educational factors, blessings and hardships. And yet, you retained freewill, so when you were born, you could precisely follow the path you had planned, not straying from the roadmap you had created, or deviate slightly or entirely. Lessons would still be learned, but perhaps not the ones you had selected for this lifetime. And, further, in this life, because of your freewill, you are able to choose to be happy and relinquish what is making you miserable. It may take courage or hard work but it is possible—it is possible to be happy—it is your choice! Namaste!