What does it mean to be happy?

What does it mean to be Happy? 

I found these two quotes and seemed to connect to them both.

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Happiness is the base state of being human. Happiness is what is left when you detach yourself from your desires, when you let go of all the clutter in your mind, when you just simply ‘be’ without any pretense or expectations. Happiness is being able to stay in this state, even while you are pursuing those desires, even when your mind is cluttered, because you know that you are not those desires or thoughts, but something greater and beyond those things."

I know that being happy is a choice, a decision we make each day. It does not come easily it is something you have to strive for, and once you get it often you have to fight to keep it. There is much to be grateful in this world, and yet it is easy to be displeased, unsatisfied, and disgruntled about the way things are going...


Remember to stop and smell the roses once in awhile and choose to find happiness in what you have.... 

A walk down memory lane...Remember when?

Just some thoughts that came to my mind this week....remembering times that were so much more simple.....

What is better than a new coloring book? A new box of crayons to go with it! :)

I remember when a new box of crayons came with 64 colors. Now you can get a crayon tower with 150 colors of you very own :)

One of my favorite lines in a movie is from Peter Pan with Robin Williams when they all say 

"I believe in fairies... I DO! I DO" 

As a child I loved Peter Pan, and the idea of fairies. Fairy rings and mystical gardens....I planted one of my own last summer. I hope it has magic enough to draw fairies to it!

Went to the zoo one day last year, despite the rain. Saw this little girl with an umbrella twice her size happily skipping down the path. Made me remember that rain was to be caught on your tongue, puddles were to splashed in and, rainbows were to be hoped for.....