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Is It Time for Me to Give Up the Pursuit of Happiness?

By Kathy Gottberg
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For as long as I can remember I have been seeking happiness.  Back in high school when someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up—I said “happy.” I convinced myself that the pursuit of happiness was not only our self-evident right, but that it was equal to the unalienable rights of life and liberty.  (Remember the constitution?) I think I’ve read every book with the words happy and happiness in them ever written.  And while I am mostly always happy, there are days when it isn’t easy. Then recently I’ve read a couple of books that have me questioning that pursuit on a much deeper level.  Is it possible I’ve been seeking the wrong thing?  And is it possible that what most of us want when we say we want happiness isn’t located where we’ve been looking?

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My Surrender Experiment

By Kathy Gottberg
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In January of 2022 I selected the word surrender for my word of the year.   Often referred to as WOTY, it is customary for people to pick a particular word to hold in their mind, and perhaps guide them, throughout the year.  I wasn’t entirely sure why I selected surrender, only that it seemed like the perfect next step after using “trust” as my word for 2021.  As things happen, surrender became more and more meaningful to me as the year unfolded.  Then recently I reread a book from several years ago by Michael A Singer.  That book, titled The Surrender Experience is Singer’s follow-up to his first book the untethered soul—the journey beyond yourself.   Together, those two books are helping me recognize my own surrender experiment and where I hope to go from here. [Read more…]

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Kathy Gottberg is an author with seven published books and hundreds of articles covering dozens of topics in the last 35 years. Along with her books, her passion today is SMART Living 365 where she explores ideas and experiences that help to create a meaningful, sustainable, compassionate and rewarding life for herself and others. Beyond that, she lives with Thom, her best friend and soul mate in La Quinta, CA

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