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Happiness is closer than you think. The forces or energy that you believe yield no happiness, may engender a happiness for you at the most opportune time. Explore happiness with discernment, yet never be afraid to explore.<\/p>\n

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Yielding Yourself to Happiness<\/strong>: If you yield yourself to receiving happiness, you inherit the opportunity to attract happiness when you least expect it. Considering the parks near you, the children who always play around your subway station, or the cashier you always run into, if you exert energy to their existence, you will have the opportunity to explore happiness. Some say the little things are what makes the difference; sometimes the closest things to us are what makes us the happiest. Begin to find joy in entertaining the proximity of happiness, the proximity of the destinations near you, the proximity of new adventures, and the proximity of new possibilities for evoking happiness.<\/p>\n

How to Explore the Proximity of Your Happiness:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1. Explore what IS around you<\/u>: Whatever is around you, yes you may have seen it all of your life or you may have navigated a particular skill set before, however, look at it from a difference perspective. You\u2019ll never know how close happiness is, until you explore what IS around you.<\/li>\n
2. Challenge your comfort zone: <\/u>Use comfortability as an indicator to explore MORE\u2014there is always more to explore. When we feel as if we have explored all we can explore, we can always take the opportunity to explore with a new perspective. When we dissect our surroundings and explore them from different perspectives, we consistently challenge our comfortability and challenge our happiness. Challenging our happiness is integral to testing the sustainability of our happiness.<\/li>\n
3. Distance yourself from your limitations: <\/u>When we distance ourselves from our limitations and distance ourselves from the barriers of our fears, we have the opportunity to explore what yields happiness and what yields contentment. You don\u2019t know what the unknown breeds, with discernment and using your values a foundation, you may come to know happiness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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