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Writer's pictureColleen Altschul

How to Be Happy While Down

It might sound like a contradiction to say you can be happy while you are feeling down. As I’ve said before, we’re all just a big vibration in this time and space, so our frequency is constantly changing. While your average frequency currently might be lower than at other times (sadness, frustration, depression, anxiety, upset, etc) it doesn’t mean that you can’t have peaks of higher energy spiking up from time to time (joy, inspiration, hope, intrigue, laughter, etc). I know the pandemic has lowered our average frequencies this year, and the political issues in the United States haven’t really helped either. This year may have really thrown your frequency for a loop and made it seem like you are permanently stuck in a lower frequency than you would prefer. It’s definitely taken a toll on my vibes. (Apologies for fewer blog post lately!)

I still consider myself a pretty naturally happy person. Research shows that everyone has their own genetic range of happiness they can experience, so mine is set pretty high thankfully. Lately, I’ve felt like I’m hovering around the lower area of that range of frequency. I’m still happy with my life, but the average daily level is much lower than it used to be. So I have to work even harder to chase those spikes of higher frequency in order to start to shift my average level up. I was able to take a solo road trip to the beach and along the way I stopped to see some friends. I was quickly reminded how much seeing friends can spike up your happiness. Due to the pandemic, I hadn’t seen them in person for nearly 8 months. I was able to do some hard farm labor, which sounds like a nightmare to most people, but I found so much joy in clearing out weeds and trash from my friend’s new property. I took long walks along the beach and marveled at the sheer beauty of nature, which reminded me that even though I can’t travel far and wide to see new things, the beauty of those places will still be there when I get the opportunity.

Don’t stop hoping for the best, even when your life is a mess. Colleen Altschul

Most of all I keep reminding myself that all the current challenges are just making me stronger for the future. Even if my future is not the one I was expecting, there is still the belief and hope that it could very likely turn out to be even better. So I hope you can see that even if you too have felt down this year, there is still a reason to search for and create happiness. One happy moment isn’t likely to tip the scales and take you back to an extended happier state, but it’s just the reminder you might need to keep you believing in a better tomorrow. You can find happy moments during lower vibration times. And if you are looking for happiness, you are more likely to find it! Don’t stop hoping for the best, even when your life is a mess. You just never know when something might happen to turn it all around. (I’ll be over here reviewing my list of desires with the Universe. I recently had something appear in my life that I asked for, so never stop focusing on what you want.)

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