Letting Happiness In: A Morning Meditation Reflection

This morning’s meditation offered a shift I didn’t know I needed.

I followed a guided meditation by Natasha DS on allowing yourself to be happy. She spoke about how happiness isn’t just something that happens to us — it’s something we have to believe we deserve. That struck me deeply.

She explained that while we all have the capacity for happiness, we might block it if we don’t think we’re worthy of it. Not because we aren’t capable, but because somewhere deep down, we’ve absorbed the belief that joy is for someone else. And if we’ve spent enough time around people who feel this way, we may begin to mirror it — even when we know better.

I’ve always known I had the capacity for happiness. That was never in question. But I realized this morning that I’ve spent time closely connected to people who didn’t believe they had that same capacity — and that energy had started to seep into me.

Their sadness, their fear of joy, their rejection of ease — it lingered. And while I tried to be present and supportive, I didn’t realize how much I was absorbing. Lately, I’ve been feeling the ache of distance from two people who were once very close to me. I kept telling myself it was a loss. That I was missing something.

But this meditation helped me reframe. Maybe it wasn’t a loss at all. Maybe it was divine protection.

I realized I need to express gratitude to God for creating that distance — not out of punishment, but out of care. Space was made so that their unhappiness wouldn’t take root in me. That shift in perspective was freeing. It reminded me that while I may miss the closeness, I don’t miss the weight. I’m now making space for people who not only believe in happiness but who expect it — and that belief feeds me, energizes me, affirms what I already know to be true: happiness is available, and I deserve it.

We all deserve it.

We don’t need to earn it. We just need to stop blocking it. Stop shrinking ourselves to stay connected to people who are still learning to believe they’re worthy of joy. We can love them from a distance, while choosing to stay aligned with light, with ease, with gratitude.

This morning reminded me: I haven’t lost anything. I’ve made room.

And happiness flows freely in that space.