Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. I don't know about you, but the one thing I've learned in life is that life changes,

and it can change suddenly and not always as we wanted to change. I mean we all know the

stories. Someone comes home and they found that their house is empty and their

spouse has left them. Another person is at work to get the call

that the child has been killed in an accident. Right now at the time of my

recording this podcast, there are many people in the world that are afraid because of a coronavirus that has begun to infect people in China and other places around the world. And I'm not sharing this to

frighten this. I'm sharing this to remind this that life is impermanent, life changes.

And I think if we really deeply grasp this point

and let it sink in the deepest core of our being, then the question arises,

Am I living my life well?

Or, given all the changes that can happen, how do I make sure that when it comes to the end of my life, I can look back and say, my life was beautiful and I am so thankful I had all those years to experience it

because the one thing I've learned in life helping people around the world and

meeting souls that truly do shine in their lives is that no matter what's

happening no matter what's happening, no matter what's going on, if we focus on the

here and now, we can shine in our lives.

So the question for us today is, are we shining in our lives? I believe we can, but it takes effort, it takes work, and it's not going to be what we conventionally think of as

shining. Because typically we do one of two things. One thing we do is we say, okay, when this problem goes away, then I'll be okay. I mean I shine, but I'll be better.

Or the other thing we do is we say, if this thing happens, then I'll be okay.

Then I begin to shine.

For example, perhaps we're struggling with an illness, perhaps our teenager is going through the ups and downs of life.

Perhaps we've lost our job. So we say, well if this gets changed, then I'll be okay.

Or the other thing would be the classic one that lots of people do is when I make enough money,

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