Ain't No Mountain High Enough
HAPPINESS
Sadly, many of us continually postpone our happiness
indefinitely. It's not that we consciously set out to do so, but that we keep convincing ourselves, "Someday I'll be happy."
We tell ourselves we'll be happy when our bills are paid, when we
get out of school, get our first job, a promotion. We convince
ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a
baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough, we'll be more content when they are.
After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with.
We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.
We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse
gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able
to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.
The truth is, there is no better time to be happy than right now.
If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with
challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be
happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D'Souza. He said, "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.
Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles WERE my life."
This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have! And treasure it more because you share it
with someone special, special enough to spend your time...and
remember that time waits for no one...
Yesterday is history; Tomorrow a mystery. Today is a gift.
That's why it's called the present! So stop waiting until you
finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten
pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until
your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you
retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until
Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or
home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until
summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until 'your song' comes on, until you've had a drink, until you've sobered up, until you die to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy...
happiness is a journey not a destination!!!
Pass this on to your friends ... one of them might just need to read this to be happy! *S*
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