Mind Revolution

I’ve lost count of the number of weeks we’ve been in this pandemic, this time of elevated uncertainty. When we find ourselves in uncertain times, our minds seek security and comfort. That makes total sense, is natural, and is to be expected. We need to comfort ourselves during this time.  But what we need to be careful about is sacrificing our future happiness for feeling good in the moment.  What does happiness look like anyway? It’s easy to think that it’s the achieving of a goal, crossing some sort of finish line. But when we dig deep, we find that real happiness is found when we’re living in congruence -- that is, when our conscious and unconscious minds are aligned with the superconscious mind and are in pursuit of our life values and goals. That is true happiness. It’s not in the achieving, per se. It’s in living out who we’re meant to be.  This uncertain time, though, leaves many seeking comfort from sources that, on the other side of “enjoying” them, don’t feel good at all. Hello, eating the whole piz