1.0Awaken Your Truthhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/awakenyourtruthDenise Simonehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/awakenyourtruth/author/dsimonerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1u2w7ghPMG"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/awakenyourtruth/2015/05/happiness-is-who-you-are.html">Happiness is Who You Are</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/awakenyourtruth/2015/05/happiness-is-who-you-are.html/embed#?secret=1u2w7ghPMG" width="600" height="338" title="“Happiness is Who You Are” — Awaken Your Truth" data-secret="1u2w7ghPMG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> So often I hear people say, “I just want to be happy.” Happiness is not something that we can want because it is already who we are. This simple Buddha story explains this idea so well and yet we still feel as if happiness is something that lives outside of us. The “I” is our…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/awakenyourtruth/files/2015/05/Untitled-2-300x209.png