What Makes Me Happy?

You are a Badass Deck, by Jen Sincero — It’s time to get mighty clear about what makes you happy and what makes you feel the most alive, and then create it instead of pretending you can’t have it.

The cards in this deck were created from a book You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life.

Getting clear about what makes me feel happy

it feels rather sappy

and this most alive takes some time

So I think I shall put this in a rhyme

It shouldn't be difficult at age 70. I should know

what it is all about, well maybe not, no

I will keep looking at these prompts to see

what it is that I need to do to be

the most alive and living happily

ever after as you see it can be better

I’m told. So maybe I will get a letter

that says, “You have won the lottery!”

LISTEN TO YOUR INTUITION — Spend five minutes of quiet, by yourself, every day. When you sit quietly and ask, you get an answer. Eventually. Stick with it, be patient, and wait to hear from your inner guidance. You have all the answers you need, you just need to give them the chance to get through to you. Jen Sincero

When I was giving a co-worker Reiki one day, and her treatment was finished she said, “I felt like I had an eye on my forehead open up?” I asked if she had heard of chakra and she hadn’t. I told her that her sixth chakra had opened and she could expect more intuition.

Reiki is energy work and we are made up of energy. I learned about Reiki in the early 90s from a therapist who would give Reiki to his clients. At first, it was therapy and a short reiki session, and eventually, it was only reiki. He invited me to try it and I became a Reiki practitioner in 1994.

What I have noticed is my intuition has developed over time. Some things I know now, I didn’t before Reiki.

In addition to Reiki, I practice prayer and meditation daily. This is another way to get in touch with intuition. Being present, in the moment to talk and listen to Creator/God.

If you want to live a life you’ve never lived, you have to do things you’ve never done. Jen Sincero

A life I’ve never lived? I’m really not sure what more I could ask for or want. It is good to be in this place. Happy, joyous, and free in recovery.

46 years ago, a marriage counselor told me and my first husband, “I can’t help you as long as there is a drug and alcohol problem it would be like pounding your head against the wall. We wouldn’t get anywhere.”

She then gave us a list of a family program, an addiction group, and an assessor's name and number. I started the family program right away and he went to treatment soon after. We were together for 15 years. Married for 13 years.

46 years later and I am still going. My first husband died from his addiction at age 45. We had divorced and we both remarried. He thanked me for raising our children sometime before he died. Some people do not make it in recovery.

My second husband helped to raise my children. After 13 years together and 10 years of marriage, we divorced.

Hubby number three and I have been together for 24 years and married for 20 years at Christmas. We are compatible in so many ways. We laugh together every day. I ask him if I can write about him before I do and today, he said, “Yes, you can say John is so smart and Denise is a fart!”

I didn’t expect that, but it is about right for him. He knew we would laugh, and we did! I’m happy. I have no regrets from my past and don’t wish to close any doors. I keep busy, do the best I can today with what I want to do, and live life as though it were my last days!

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First published by Mercury Press on medium.com