Oct/Nov 2025 Aspire Magazine Full Issue | Page 27

27

The Happiness Myth We’ ve All Bought Into

We’ ve been sold a story about happiness that’ s completely backwards. We think we need to get our lives“ just right” first— land the dream job, find the perfect partner, reach that magic number in our savings account. Then we’ ll be happy.
But what if I told you that’ s like trying to drive a car by pushing it from behind?

Happiness isn’ t a destination you arrive at after checking all the boxes. It’ s a state of consciousness you can access right now by learning to align with the natural flow of life itself.

When you’ re in flow, something magical happens. Life stops feeling like you’ re swimming upstream. Doors open seemingly out of nowhere. The right people show up at exactly the right time. You’ re not forcing things to happen— you’ re allowing them to unfold. This is where true fulfillment lives.

What Flow Actually Feels Like

Think about the last time everything just clicked. Maybe you were having a conversation that felt effortless, or working on a project where time seemed to disappear. That’ s flow— and it’ s available to you far more often than you think.
When you’ re aligned with flow, your whole perspective shifts. Instead of seeing problems everywhere, you start noticing possibilities. Your mind moves from“ What’ s wrong?” to“ What’ s possible?” Your emotions settle into higher frequencies— joy, peace, gratitude become your default settings rather than rare visitors.

Breaking Free from the Survival Trap

Most of us are stuck in what I call the“ Triangle of Lack”— and we don’ t even realize it. We cycle between feeling like victims of our circumstances, trying to dominate everything around us, or exhausting ourselves trying to fix everyone else’ s problems.
WISDOM & SELF-GROWTH

27