Finding things to be happy about is not an easy task for me. I can rattle off the essentials - I'm happy I have food, a home, a husband . . . enough . . . but finding something every single day in a life that has become somewhat compartmentalized and stifled for a myriad of reasons I won't go into is not easy.
It generally came down to minutia, really, when it came time to post. I am grateful for the bigger things - don't think I am not - and I don't take for granted how lucky I am to have a loving companion, a place to lay my head, and money with which to purchase food. Sometimes I stop and think about how that alone puts me ahead of about a billion other people in the world, maybe more. That's a sobering thought when the reality is I'm not a monetarily wealthy person. How poor must the rest of the world be? And how sad is that, when I know that wealth does not have to be hoarded, locked up in vaults, or hidden beneath mattresses.
I feel better when I share, even if that's a donation here and there to whatever charity or non-profit lays claim to my attention. I don't know if others feel a shot of happiness when they open up their wallet, but I do.
So, for my final entry in the August Happiness Challenge, I am finding happy in knowing I am safe, secure, and loved.*
I wish the same for everyone.
Be well and be safe.
Thank you for reading.
*I'm also happy somebody thought to cover raisins with yogurt.*
This is beautiful CountryDew. All the best reasons for finding your own personal happiness in a Sufficiency of all good things. I"m glad we are blogging friends.
ReplyDeleteI love the challenge because it makes me stop in my hectic back-to-school life to take stock of little things.
ReplyDeleteIt's the little things that make up life. I love that you can celebrate yogurt covered raisins.
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