WHERE IS THE HAPPINESS

                                                       


                                                    WHERE IS THE HAPPINESS?

Are you putting your happiness on hold?

"I will be happy when I find the love of my life",  "I will be happy when I get to go on my vacation", or "I will be happy when I'm retired and can do all the things I want to do?"

We have the habit of putting our happiness into the future instead of being happy with the moment.

We are only promised the moment we are sharing.  The "now" is all we have, there are no promises that we will have the next minute.  Life can end in a flash and all the things that we have planned will go unfulfilled.

We are surrounded with gifts starting with the gift of life.  When we share our gifts (the gift of laughter, the gift of compassion, the gift of listening) we enrich our lives and the lives of those we touch.

Live your life now for now is the life you have.

I would like to share my personal story:

I have a sister, her name is Gaila.  A magnificent person who has taught me so much during my life with her.

She was the most caring person I know.  She would shop all year long, buying various sizes of blouses, scarves, etc. and then when Christmas came she would spend her time wrapping those gifts and giving them to the half way house for AA.  She would give without any thought of being paid back, she gave from her heart.

As wonderful as she was, during the middle of the night she was hit with a stroke and then two years later hit with her second stroke.  Now her life consists of having others care for her needs.  She lives in a Group Home, watching television as her pass time.

She is no longer living the life that she would choose.  She no longer has the ability to drive her car and shop for others, she no longer is the sister that I knew but lives for the day when she can be reunited with her late husband (the love of her life).

She can't take a walk in the warmth of the sun or write the long letters that she used to do.

I tell you this story because my sister helps me to understand the importance of enjoying each day as each day presents itself.  To find the gem amongst the rocks and cherish the wonders of each day knowing that there are miracles all around us if we will only take the time to look.

The way we think is the way we live our lives.  Think of the various ways you can enjoy your day.  Think of how you might enrich a friendship or ways you can make a total stranger feel better about themselves.  What you think lives within you and those thoughts spout wings when you give it breath by acting positively toward that thought.  Make your thoughts live by doing something kind for yourself and for someone else.

We are all "living books" with its various chapters.  Make your next chapter one of love and let that love bathe your heart in happiness.  For love and happiness are sisters.

As always I encourage your thoughts, you can email me at cindalmiller@gmail.com

Thank you taking the time to read this and may your happiness shine so that you will always walk in peace.

Love,
Cinda