HAPPINESS IS NOT A DESINTAION.

Happiness is not a destination. So why are people always trying to arrive and plan for happy?

“Once I get to xyz, I will take that vacation.”

“Once I have this, I will workless.”

“Once I get this house, I’ll be happy.”

All of us are guilty of thinking these thoughts or something similar. If you are waiting for the right time to be happy, you’ll miss all the moments in front of you passing you by. Think about all the memories you don’t make just waiting to get there.

Happiness is an emotion. It is a mood. Just like anger and sadness it does not last forever and comes in waves. Happiness is not any different. You never know how long until it’s taken away to return with time, or worse of all if you don’t get any more moments at all.

When it comes to other emotions, we subconsciously know it won’t last. Yet, when when it comes to happy we think it should be ever lasting. We think once you are there, there will be no more hardship or that hardship will be easier.

It is all temporary. Feelings are temporary. They come and go with no warning. Yet, all these moments and feelings are lessons. The bad make us stronger, the good ones give you gratitude and appreciation for all you have in your life. You have to want to ride through and live in every moment and feeling you get. Accepting this is the real route to more happy moments in your life.

As we hit month 3 of 2022, and this world seems to have no shortage of crazy. Let us all remember, to open our eyes and welcome every chance at happy we get. Microscopic, in your face, or just appreciating the people in your life, everyday you wake up and live you arrive at happy.

Yesterday’s limits are today’s starting points.

S.