Many of us live leaning forward, waiting for the next moment to contain something the present does not. We feel like we are missing something, and we want to feel good enough, to be a better version of ourselves.
However, we are regularly wrong in determining what will make us happy.
As long as we are fixated outside of ourselves, we cannot experience happiness. The key to self empowerment is self acceptance. When we can love and stay with what is, we can move forward with freedom.