Chapter 12

Life Movements

Financial success can be a part of happiness.
Nothing can take the place of money. In one form or another it is a necessary part of life. It buys health, and more importantly, opportunity. The more you gain, the more you are able to help others who are less fortunate. By itself, money cannot do harm or good; but, when money is used as a tool, the picture changes. If used for selfish gain, it has the ability to harm. When used for selfless things, it changes the world for the better.

The happiness lists identify a very important thing about you. It illustrates how much fear you live with. You can see these fears by your reluctance to enthusiastically pursue the things that bring you happiness. Just think about this. How many times did you second guess writing an item on the list because you were quietly embarrassed and felt silly? You may have even thought how much of a waste of time it was to write such outlandish things. It is ok to feel this way as long as you don't let your fears and skepticism stop you from following the directions. Keep writing because we will fine tune these lists as the process continues.

Time to Focus, write the goals list.
On a separate sheet of paper you need to write a statement on how you are going to acquire each item in the happiness lists. This becomes the first draft of your goals list.

You will need faith in your future to be fearless through this process. Challenge all of your current relationships and circumstances with this test, are you happy?

Prioritize the New Goals List
Once you have prioritized, sorted out the mutually exclusive goals, and set time limits, your new life is beginning to get mapped out. Next, find people who have already achieved what your current primary goal is, ask them exactly how they did it, and do the same thing. Do the exact same things that they did and you will get what they got. This is the efficient way to attain goals, as you can avoid mistakes that people have already made.

Mentors and Protégées
So as you go over your lists think of people who have been successful at the accomplishing the things on your lists. Go to them and ask if they would spend some time with you explaining how it is that they gained such success. Most likely they will be happy to tell you the whole story. And, consider this: just by asking what they did, you have already brought some additional happiness into someone else's life. Upon leaving the conversation you may find yourself more excited than you have been in years with the prospect of new successes in your life.

Update
Or you may leave the conversation enlightened that your goal is not really what you expected. Knowing this information before you expend months or years of your life on something that in the end you really don't want gives you the opportunity to spend all of your time on the things that you really do want.

Success - What is it?
Achieving long-term happiness, as opposed to the quick fixes you are used to, demands that you follow all of this text to letter. Long-term happiness is not the goal in and of itself, but rather it is in the happiness found in the process of achieving the goal. Once it is achieved, you will need a new one.

That is what happy lives are all about - a long string of happy days achieving and co-creating good things with God. As we put more and more positive days together, we slowly build a happy life!

The question you need to ask yourself now is: Are you going to be successful or not? Remember, it's just a choice - your choice.

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