Yesterday I went to a new beach area by myself to just hang out for about an hour with my best friends: my, myself, and I. This photo wasn't taken then, but it is one of my favorites. I listened to music and wrote down some thoughts to sort of clear the cobwebs that have started to grow in my mind from recent experiences. A close person and I were recently talking about making another person happier.......which of course we realize we cannot do. She said something about patching together happiness for that person, and for some reason, that expression struck me. Yesterday at the beach sit I wrote this: "All must find their own path to happiness. If happiness is freedom from needs, most of us are already happy. But we may think it is freedom from wants, in which case, we will never be happy, as there is always something to want. Is there ever a time when wanting stops? Yes, within you. There is nothing the external world can give you to complete yourself. What you need to do to complete yourself is within you.. Spend time discovering it instead of spending time accumulating wants. There will always be another purse to buy, or jacket, earrings, a new car or even a sofa. If you haven't found your completed self, your own happiness, by yourself, then accumulating things won't make it easier or better for you, or happier. You have to put in the work to discover your own happiness. Begin with a spirit of gratitude for every thing you are, have, and see in your daily life. Happiness is a choice we make."Boy, I guess I was on a roll, remembering my readings from books like "The Secret", and others I've read in the past few years. Not a lot of new insight here, but just my interpretation of happiness. I turned my attention to other things then which I'll write about in the next posting here on the blog. later........
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This is such beautiful writing, and such an inspiration. I sure do enjoy getting feeds from your blog regularly. It truly uplifts my spirit to always see your beautiful creations and then the things you write always sound uplifting and fun and genuinely happy to me. Thank you for being one of the rays of sunshine in my days! Peace and many blessings, Annie
Posted by: Anne Copeland | March 01, 2009 at 09:43 AM