The following picks are for your deep thinking part
of the mind. Read, think and kindle your gray matter.
We convince ourselves that life will
be better once we are married, have a baby, then another. Then
we get frustrated because our children are not old enough, and
that all will be well when they are older. Then we are frustrated
because they reach adolescence and we must deal with them. Surely
we’ll be happier when they grow out of the teen years. We
tell ourselves our life will be better when our spouse gets his/her
act together, when we have a nicer car, when we can take a vacation,
when we finally retire.
The truth is that there is no better
time to be happy than right now.
If not, then when?
Your life will always be full of challenges. It is better to admit
as much and to decide to be happy in spite of it all.
For the longest time, it seemed that
life was about to start.Real life.
But there was always some obstacle along the way, an ordeal to
get through, some work to be finished, some time to be given,
a bill to be paid. Then life would start.
I finally came to understand that those obstacles were life.
That point of view helped me see that
there isn’t any road to happiness. Happiness IS the road.
So, enjoy every moment. Stop waiting for school to end, for a
return to school, to lose ten pounds, to gain ten pounds, for
work to begin, to get married, for Friday evening, for Sunday
morning, waiting for a new car, for your mortgage to be paid off,
for spring, for summer, for fall, for winter, for the first or
the fifteenth of the month, for your song to be played on the
radio, to die, to be reborn… before deciding to be happy.
Happiness is a voyage, not a destination!
There is no better time to be happy
than… NOW! Live and enjoy the moment.
