The Key to Happiness

It seems that everyone is looking for the proverbial "key to happiness". Some people have to go out and "find themselves". If I had ever wandered out to find myself, I'm afraid I might never find my way back. What if what I find is worse than what I already have? What if what I find is something no one else would even want? Would that really make me happy?

Others try to find happiness in things. They will buy a new car, a new house, a new toy, or even try a new love, thinking that is what will make them happy. In the end, though, they find that it is just another payment, another thing to break down, a worse relationship than they already had.

Today's word is a quote from Mandy Hale that says, "The KEY to happiness is letting each situation be what it is instead of what you think it SHOULD be."

It does seem to prove true that most of my unhappiness stems from my trying to make something what it could never be. I think we all do that from time to time. We have these expectations of what our vacation should be or what our family get-together should be or what someone should be, and we set our ideal, our expectation, so high that it is unattainable. Then, when our expectations are unmet, we are unhappy.

Let's try enjoying the MOMENT! Let's enjoy the little things in each situation. Let's find the happiness in the normalcy of things. I bet if we will try to do that, we'll find that we were holding the key the entire time.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T