happiness...

What is happiness? To me it is satisfaction in the life we lead... enjoying the little things... taking time from this busy life we lead to sit and listen, look, think. Not think about everything we have to do today, but about what we love in life. To be thankful for the good things that we have in our lives. For example, that could be sunshine peeking out of the clouds and lighting up the earth, a summer midnight thunderstorm that clears the air, talking with someone and knowing that you can just be yourself, a lone flower growing in the most unexpected place. Even in the midst of our busy and sometimes 'everything-goes-wrong' lives, there are little things that are around us that can make us smile and remember to take a deep breath. We don't need everything in our lives to go just so to be happy, we just have to watch for those things and enjoy them when they are there.