As I was driving to Yoga class this morning, I noticed I began to feel down for no apparent reason. Perhaps it was because it seemed like just another ordinary day, off to teach a Yoga class, again.

I felt myself go into a sort of daze as I was stuck in traffic on the Tollway...cars everywhere, "big surprise, another traffic jam in Dallas," I thought.

Then, I remembered the words of Pandi Tijunait, Ph.D...

"Happiness is the natural state of everyone; it requires no effort to experience and no effort to maintain. Any state of mind other than happiness requires the mind to put forth an effort...I am happy because I am not unhappy."

I began to realize how often I focus on problems in my life. How often I'm engaged in thinking about what's not right in this moment. The truth is, though I may have thought I had problems in the past few years, especially with owning my own Yoga studio and having a significant amount of financial considerations, I really had no problems. What I thought were problems were really incredible opportunities to learn and grow, though at the time, all I wanted to do was avoid having another problem and to figure out some way of getting rid of all of them.

The truth is, there is nothing to avoid. Anything we perceive as a problem is just an opportuntity from which we can become wiser and stronger.

Main Entry: 1prob·lem
Pronunciation: 'prä-bl&m, -b&m, -"blem
1 a : a question raised for inquiry, consideration, or solution

So, instead of thinking..."it shouldn't be like this"...meaning...
My finances "shouldn't be" like this, or my job "shouldn't be" like this, or my relationship "shouldn't be", etc., etc. you get what I'm saying. Or even, I "shouldn't feel" this way, i.e. depressed, down, upset...

We might ask..."How do I solve this?"
What if we always looked at everything as though in this moment it is exactly how it "should be." Then, perhaps we would see that there is no problem with what is, just an opportunity to create a new solution in that moment. And, to ask a very powerful question to ourselves and our Creator/Universe..."How do I solve this?"

As we go through the day, allow yourself to ask this question in any part of your life where you feel you have a problem. Then, trust that once you've asked this question, you can bring your awareness back and allow your natural state of Happiness to be present once again in your heart and mind...

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