{"id":2480,"date":"2013-02-16T17:03:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2018-10-04T22:18:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T02:18:28","slug":"trip-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2013\/02\/trip-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching For Happiness: 10 Tips For Your Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picture this:<\/p>\n

I am on vacation in Costa Rica. I sit in the shade on a mountainside patio with a spectacular view of greening hills, the deep blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, and two far-off volcano peaks wreathed in white clouds that lay soft against the crystal blue sky. A gentle breeze whispers through the gardens, while butterflies and hummingbirds dance among the purple\/pink\/orange blossoms. I breathe in the sweet perfume of jasmine. The air sings with monkey calls, cricket chirps, and the trilling of brightly feathered birds.<\/em><\/p>\n

At my side: a chilled fruit smoothie made with mango, pineapple, and papaya that were fresh-picked yesterday. My wife lolls in a nearby hammock, gently rocking as she reads. Ahhh. This is a moment of great Happiness and contentment\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Real Life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hmm. I was on vacation, living in another world, enjoying a moment created purely for my pleasure. This was not Real Life\u2026yet it was real Happiness. And I so appreciated that moment of pleasure, since it was hard earned, just like in real life. In fact, many aspects of our Costa Rican vacation reminded me of the complexities involved in finding Happiness.<\/p>\n

Getting Lost on the Road to Happiness<\/h2>\n

Fact:\u00a0street signs do not exist in Costa Rica;<\/strong>\u00a0in fact, there\u2019s no such thing as street NAMES in Costa Rica, or for that matter addresses. Directions to anywhere are given in relation to landmarks. One place we stayed was,\u00a0\u201c400mtr west and then 300mtr south of the main entrance to the US Embassy. If you pass the Supermercado, you\u2019ve gone too far.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Another day our directions were,\u00a0\u201cturn right when you see the bakery. When you come to the end of the paved road, keep going another kilometer, almost until you see a big tree on your right. Turn left after the pink condominium. Keep driving until you come to paved road again, and then turn into the second driveway.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Needless to say, we got lost. A lot. And isn\u2019t that just like real life?<\/strong>\u00a0We hear about a \u201cplace\u201d to find Happiness, but there are no signs. And even when we think we are following directions well, it turns out that landmarks have changed and we\u2019re back on our own.<\/p>\n

So there were moments of frustration on the road to Happiness. Fortunately some of the other lessons from our trip more than made up for the uselessness of maps, and I offer them for your journey.<\/p>\n

Tips for Your Trip to Happiness<\/h2>\n

(note: citizens of Costa Rica call themselves Ticos)<\/p>\n

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  1. Others are willing to help \u2013 you just have to ask<\/span>
    \nThe first time we got lost, we approached a knot of Ticos outside a restaurant. Despite our limited Espa\u00f1ol and their zero English, we connected on meaning; one of them hopped on his scooter and escorted us to the destination. After that, we never hesitated to engage. One scary moment occurred when a would-be helper opened the car door and got in. As my wife stared at him with a stunned expression, he looked to my son-in-law and said, \u201cI take you!\u201d<\/p>\n
    No one cares if you don\u2019t speak their language particularly well, as long as you show effort. When you reach out to others you\u2019ll find most people are warm, friendly, and want for you to succeed just as much as you do. Really!<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. Sometimes you have to travel difficult roads on the way to Happiness<\/span>
    \nThe mountain road up Monte Verde is terrible, even by Tico standards. We literally\u00a0vibrated<\/em>\u00a0uphill over 25 treacherous kilometers of cliff-hanging gravel road, around blind curves where the road narrowed to one lane, constantly dodging between huge rocks and craters large enough to swallow us whole. Yikes!<\/p>\n
    At the top we discovered a delightful, ecologically cosmopolitan town filled with friendly people, sitting on the edge of one of the world\u2019s most beautiful and delicate natural wonders: the Monte Verde Cloud Forest. If we\u2019d not been assured by friends that this would be the highlight of our trip (which it was!), we would have turned around and written off the destination as not worth the hassle.<\/div>\n
    Ever done that in your life? Stopped just short of a goal because the going was rough?\u00a0And the times you endured\u2026 wasn\u2019t the gain usually worth the pain, in the end? Remember that the next time you\u2019re having a rough journey.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. Pretty things won\u2019t always make you happy<\/span>
    \nNature uses color in powerful ways: to help camouflage, to attract a mate, to lure pollinators\u2026 and to provide warning. Both underwater (on our scuba trip) and in the mountainous cloud forest, we saw many, many colorful plants, animals, and insects. I can\u2019t tell you how many times I reached out to a pretty thing and received a \u201cDON\u2019T TOUCH!\u201d signal from my scuba instructor or our rainforest guide.<\/p>\n
    How often are you tempted by how pretty something looks, or how nice it smells\u2026 and then you\u2019re terribly disappointed because of how terrible you feel after you buy it, try it, eat it, or indulge it?\u00a0It\u2019s important to remember that Happiness often shows up in plain moments and simple things \u2013 and sometimes in abstinence rather than indulgence.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. Different is neither good nor bad \u2013 it is just different<\/span>
    \nThe Tico diet is built on a base of rice, beans, fresh fruit\u2026and plaintains. Lots of plantains. Fried, salted, saut\u00e9ed, sugared, pureed, and served in countless ways. I overcame an initial aversion to \u201ceating bananas\u201d at every meal and grew to love the myriad ways I could enjoy this versatile, nutritious food.<\/p>\n
    It also took a few days to get used to the open architecture \u2013 we slept every night in buildings that were open to the air via partial walls, and louvered windows. Eventually we stopped noticing the geckos and insects INSIDE our rooms and accepted the Tico norm.<\/div>\n
    When things aren\u2019t exactly the way you like them to be, do you turn uptight\u2026 or curious?\u00a0Change is the norm, now and for the rest of your life, and the quicker you can \u201crecalibrate\u201d your expectations, the easier will be your life.<\/strong>\u00a0Practice this skill by putting yourself into foreign situations and embracing whatever comes \u2013 even the sticky-toed lizards crawling on the ceiling!\"\"<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  5. Happiness INCLUDES the imperfection<\/span>
    \nRemember that idyllic scene I described in at the start of this article? I did not mention the swarms of insects and that I sat in the shade because 10 minutes without sunscreen meant a bad burn!<\/p>\n
    No \u201cperfect\u201d situation really is.\u00a0If you choose to focus only on the imperfection, you\u2019ll never, ever, experience happiness. The sweetest cherry still contains a pit \u2013 and so what?!<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  6. Happiness requires risk \u2013 and hanging upside down<\/span>
    \nIf you\u2019d told me that one of the most glorious moments of my vacation would be getting strapped to a thin cable and pushed off a platform 100 meters above ground to scream across the forest canopy \u2013 upside down \u2013 I would have said, \u201cno way!\u201d It was WAY cool!<\/p>\n
    It is said, \u201cwe only learn when we are uncomfortable.\u201d Think about how true this is for you.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  7. How you experience life depends on which direction you face<\/span>
    \nWe stood on the Continental Divide \u2013 on one side of the mountain the sun blazes hot while a warm, dry Caribbean wind screams up the mountain pass across dwarf trees that have evolved to survive the wind. On the Pacific side, that same air becomes suddenly still and drops down the mountainside in clouds of mist that obscure the sun, while the moisture feeds tall rain forests. The climate shift is so severe that many plants\/animals that live on one side cannot survive on the other, just a few dozen meters away.<\/p>\n
    How many people stand stubbornly in place and say, \u201cthe world is a terrible place\u201d and never turn around to discover that what they really want is just behind them\u2026 if they are willing to change their perspective?<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  8. Happiness is often mixed with other emotions<\/span>
    \nI am convinced that most of the road system in Costa Rica was designed by sadistic civil engineers with an underlying sense of drama. There are few straight roads; 75% of our travel occurred on roads that bristled with hairpin turns, on the edge of high cliffs, with no guard rails\u2026AND<\/span>\u00a0that offered, at every turn, breathtaking views of mountain, valley, water, & sky.<\/p>\n
    Anxiety, fear, and pure terror mixed with curiosity, awe, and wonder. Truly, I believe that the fear of falling off the mountain actually sharpened our senses and increased the Happiness we experienced along the way.<\/div>\n
    If you always live your life in complete safety, you\u2019ll miss out on the view from the edge, which is pretty spectacular. And admit it \u2013 sometimes living on \u201cthe edge\u201d is the coolest place to be, isn\u2019t it?!<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  9. Destruction is part of creation<\/span>
    \nIn the rainforest we saw trees that were hundreds of years old. Every so often one of those giants, weighed down by age, vines, and parasites, dies and falls to the forest floor. It\u2019s sad to see the huge gash this creates in the forest canopy. But\u2026 the event triggers activation of seeds that have lay dormant for years, waiting for some sunlight and rain to hit them directly. New life (what they call \u201cpioneer trees\u201d) grows rapidly into the space, securing the forest floor and prepping the way for a new giant to grow into place over the next hundred years.<\/p>\n
    Sometimes our longest-held beliefs and habits, as lovely and familiar as they are, block the emergence of some other part of us. What if you let go of one or two old thoughts or behaviors?<\/strong>\u00a0You might be delighted to see what grows up to fill the gap \u2013 perhaps a new attitude, a habit, or a new dimension of you, perhaps?<\/em><\/div>\n
    If you are someone approaching retirement, dreading an empty nest, or looking ahead to some significant loss\/transition, consider that Commencement \u2013 which comes at the END of schooling \u2013 actually means \u201cto begin.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  10. Trust Life: it always finds a way<\/span>
    \nAs we drove across the countryside, we passed mile after mile of little trees in straight rows, tacked with barbed wire to form fencing. It seemed odd, until we learned what\u2019s really going on. Farmers and ranchers fell trees, cut them into posts, and build their fences. But then it rains for five months\u2026and those seemingly dead logs, sitting in waterlogged soil, put out roots and shoots. For this reason, Costa Rica is called The Land of Living Fences.<\/p>\n
    \"\"Trust the Universe to take care of you. Plant yourself in the right environment and you\u2019ll blossom. And you know all that rain falling on your life, right now? Maybe \u2013 just maybe \u2013 it\u2019s just what you need to support your future growth into Happiness.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Jim Smith, PCC, is The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae.<\/strong>\u00a0He is an international speaker, executive and life coach, and author. He provides his clients with inspiration and practical tools to live a happier life and build more positive work cultures. He is the author of\u00a0Happiness At The Speed of Life: 13 Powerful Strategies for Finding Happiness at Home and On The Job,\u00a0and has touched the lives of over 10,000 people worldwide through his work on Positive Emotion and Leadership. You can connect with Jim at\u00a0theexecutivehappinesscoach.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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