I
was invited to do a talk for a motivational group recently on the theme of
‘Heaven on Earth.' I spent a long time thinking about what that meant to me.
Eventually,
I decided that happiness was the one thing that gave me contentment. But
sometimes we think that happiness is out of our reach – it’s something to work
towards – a goal if you like.
When
I’m at home, and I talk about setting goals, I can see my kid’s eyes begin to
glaze over. ‘Oh god, she's off on one of her hippie trips again!’
That’s
okay; they’re young. Goals aren’t as important to them. For them, happiness is
already a huge part of their life; they don’t need to think about setting goals
to achieve it.
