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Happy-Go-Lucky, Carefree
Happiness is Gold
A major goal of humankind is to be happy. Is it possible for people to set goals that will measure up when they’ve reached their happy place?
Maybe something like, I’ll be happy when I:
A. Accumulate a million dollars.
B. Sell 100,000 novels or 100 residential homes.
C. Drop to 110 lbs.; Fit into a size-10 dress;
D. Get the kids through college.
After all these years, I’ve finally discovered something worth it’s weight in gold. I am happy when I’m writing and firing on all pistons; when the Hawaiian sun is shining; when I find my coffee cup - and the Kona coffee in it is still hot. Little, everyday things that make me smile are always welcome in my happy place.
It is my belief that, as the expression goes: happiness is the journey, not the destination.
What smile-inspiring events reside in your happy place?
For me, being happy is appreciating what I have now and not constantly thinking/ worrying about the future!
ReplyDeleteI echo Talli on that. I give daily thanks for all the things I have :). Great word choice for H!
ReplyDeleteI think happiness is a journey filled with moments.
ReplyDeleteIts a perfect wrod for H!
So pleased to hear that life sounds so good. May those happy moments continue. :0)
ReplyDeleteI'm happy for you! Helping people makes me happy, but unexpected comments do too!
ReplyDeleteHappy H Day!
Right now, just the sun on my face and reading your post :)
ReplyDeleteI feel happy when I am in my studio making mosaics. I am learning that happiness is in the present moment, and deferred happiness never really comes.
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy you all visited my site. If I haven't stopped in to check your H day post yet, I'm on my way now!
ReplyDeleteSomeone on the A-Z Challenge said 'happiness is an inside job'...living in Hawaii would sure help!!
ReplyDeleteNice blog, cute post! I too would love to be in that size eight again !
ReplyDeleteJL&B
I like your take on happiness. It is a choice. Yes, it's hard to beat writing for making me happy. And finding new bloggers to connect with. I've followed you. You'd probably like my writing blog which you'll find if you hit my name.
ReplyDeleteDenise<3
L'Aussie Travel A-Z Challenge. H is for Haiti, I is for Ibiza
Anne, I love that statement: happiness is an inside job.
ReplyDeleteDenise, I already found your blog and am following! (I commented on your post for Ibiza because I visited Majorca years ago.)
Writing makes me happy. Great post!
ReplyDeleteFor me, happiness is choosing to be happy. It doesn't matter what's going on in my life, if I make the conscious decision to be happy, then I can find something to cheer about and so then be happy. (but yeah, writing makes me very happy)
ReplyDeleteExcellent post on happiness! Happiness is indeed a state of mind, and we can find it in the small moments just as well as the big ones. I suspect that people who live in the mindset of "I will be happy when..." never realize their goal. I choose to be happy in the moment, and like you to find the little things and blessings in my life that make me smile.
ReplyDelete~Josie Two Shoes~
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Happiness is definitely the little things.
ReplyDeleteHappiness is the journey..... says it all. Stay in the moment because that is where the happiness is.
ReplyDeleteManzanita
Wanna buy a duck
Very nice post. Happiness is finding out that I can be a good mother to my children, a good wife to my husband, yet still be able to be good to myself and indulge in the things that make me happy, including writing.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the A to Z Challenge and with your book!