Happiness Happens

One of the many gifts of our mind is that it allows us to imagine better things. We can always imagine our situation being better, healthier, and happier no matter how good things may already be.

So really what we have to accept is that since our happiness comes from within, we are responsible for nurturing it. As we grow up we learn what works for us, and we learn what we really care about. It’s a growing process. We grow to understand happiness; we don’t create it, because it’s already there.

The things outside ourselves can only take us so far. Money, friends, love, music, food, medication, cars, entertainment, work, church, school… can only carry you to a certain point. If your sense of self-worth and happiness comes from the outside, you will always want more. You can spend your whole life working on these things, but ultimately you’ll realize that things are decorations. You’ll realize that everything you really wanted was already there. You just needed to recognize it and help it grow. 

The simple realization is that things don’t make people happy. Meaning and value and strength come from within you, they come from a place that no one else can touch.

Happiness happens. It shines through the cracks in between everything else that goes on in our lives. All the happiness you could ever want is already there, if only you can accept that it’s yours.

And although no one else can give you happiness, no one else can take it away.