The following is not going to be received well by everyone, but if you don't like it, please review your world view. Please do not be quick to disregard and question. Please digest it first.
I have found happiness! No, I am not full of merriment all day and I still have a myriad of emotions, I get angry, I cry, I get frustrated, lose hope at times and all those feelings everyone feels. But, I have found happiness.
Any questions? Well, for starters, I have acknowledged and learned that happiness is a state of mind or a way of thinking and seeing the world. To be happy we have to be honest with ourselves, love who we are, our strengths and weaknesses. We need to value what we have and not focus on what we think we want since that, perhaps, just perhaps, is going to make us happy. I have met many people in my life that challenged me and I have angered many because I take what I have, and build on it. As they say, if God gives you lemons then make lemonade. No, this is not about settling either. But, if you see what your strengths are and build on them you can succeed. I am horrible at math, I became a therapist and hire accountants and billing companies. I did not state accounting as my major so that I would flunk out of college and cry "poor me." I did not try a major in business when my peers were getting their MBAs, and I was getting my MSW at a little well known Liberal Arts College.
I am not trying to say I have all the answers, but I hope if you take anything from this writing is... focus on your assets, your gifts and what you enjoy and what just plain comes easy to you. I don't like bringing my faith into this since I respect all faiths and even the lack of. But, we all come to life with gifts and blessings...... we should use them not hide them. Whatever you are good at, and we all have something... make the best out of t.
Enjoy today because it is where you are now. Yesterday happened and we should not worry about tomorrow....that is not here yet.
