I don’t agree with the concept: pursuit of happiness. It seems to me that “pursuing” happiness is like chasing a rainbow. It appears to be just around the bend, but if your goal is to “catch it,” you will certainly fail.

To me, happiness is not a goal to be chased, but tiny moments that need to be noticed and cherished. A client said to me recently: I don’t think I have EVER been happy! What she meant was that she had no memory of an extended period of time in her life that was totally free of emotional pain.

With that kind of definition of happiness, who could ever claim it? That’s why I believe that true happiness is more a function of simply paying attention, remembering and savoring tiny moments of bliss.

Since I’m always looking for more and more ways to incorporate tapping into daily life, I think tapping is an excellent way to energetically remind ourselves about tiny happy moments. For instance, I had lots of great little happy moments when I went up to Grand Rapids, Michigan recently to watch my actor nephew, Matthew film a series of television commercials.

I had many happy moments there. Everywhere we went, people recognized my nephew and his friends and treated them like big-time celebrities, asking to take pictures with them and to get their autographs. The next day, I got to witness the process of filming a commercial, and all the people involved.

The whole experience was fun, enlightening and happy. Now, all I have to do if I’m having a bad day is tap on the words: Matt in Grand Rapids and add some of the specifics and I can re-live those happy feelings.

What’s funny to me is that I notice that most people (including myself) are often energetically programming ourselves to remember tiny unhappy moments. For example, someone runs over your foot with their shopping cart and doesn’t apologize. You instantly have the double whammy of foot pain and anger at the inconsiderate shopper.

For the rest of the day, every time your foot hurts you think about the moment and the inconsiderate guy. Then you go home and tell your friends: I had such an awful experience today! And then your friends will share their awful stories. Then months might pass, and you drive by the same store and say to yourself: That’s where that guy ran over my foot!

We don’t tend to put nearly as much focus on the tiny happy moments. Try tapping when you notice something entirely pleasant. It may help you next time someone runs over your foot!