Happiness

rescuefire · Post by **rescuefire** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:24 pm

Just thought I'd share....

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, when we are able to go on a nice vacation or when we retire.

The truth is there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges.

It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Happiness is the way.

So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with... and remember that time waits for no one.

So, stop waiting
Until your car or home is paid off.
Until you get a new car or home.
Until your kids leave the house.
Until you go back to school.
Until you finish school.
Until you lose 10 lbs.
Until you gain 10 lbs.
Until you get married.
Until you get a divorce.
Until you have kids.
Until you retire.
Until summer..
Until spring.
Until winter.
Until fall.
Until you die.

There is no better time than right now to be happy. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:44 pm

Dizzy said you were not as profound as I am. But I wonder if that's true. And as a matter of fact you say the same as she does: Don't worry, be happy

Dizzy1 · Post by **Dizzy1** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:12 pm

Robyn, thank you for sharing that beautiful stuff. It's true

that's why I'm here in Wonderland. LOL

Hi Marinus, I was just joking around with you and Robyn earlier.

Neither one of you are more profound than the other (as far as I know anyway). Most people can be profound, if they choose to do so. You are both fantastic people.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:33 pm

U2I mean the 2 of U and I guess the others2 don't U think 2 ? (but I still haven't found....)

Dizzy1 · Post by **Dizzy1** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:37 pm

LOL Marinus, you are really funny.

Do you mean you still haven't found the ... or what?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:59 pm

I still haven't found what I'm looking for. The way to "Don't worry, be happy" as you say. To experience the happiness of the moment as Robyn says. Only just a few moments. I know you're both right. Maybe I'm to profound

uneekrose · Post by **uneekrose** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:29 am

I used to stress out all the time, but I had a really bad car wreck and I almost died, I also had an etopic pregnacy and almost died. Makes you look at life differently. I try not to stress out so much anymore. I have a more positive outlook on life and I'm happy with what I have.

If you came to my house and said to me:
Monica I just love that, I'd probably give it to you or go buy you one. I like to see people smile, sometimes it's like a ray of sunshine. To touch someones life gives meaning to your own.

rescuefire · Post by **rescuefire** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:42 am

Monica me too! I give stuff away like crazy. And yes, devastating events in our life is usually what makes us sit up and take notice, take stock of our life.

I've had enough misery. It's time to be happy. It is a choice, happiness doesn't just happen to you.

Glad ya all liked it. Although I didn't write it, I live by the point of it and greatly appreciate the author whom ever that may be.

And I truly live by what my signature says

Mahaloof · Post by **Mahaloof** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:18 am

Glad ya all liked it.

Yes, it's lovely. Thank you for that, Robyn.

And I totally agree: happiness can only exist in the NOW. It's like a kid on the beach digging away in the sand and making a gigantic castle. And for a few timeless hours there's nothing but the sand, the surf of the sea and that castle. No 'things we have to do tomorrow' or 'remember what happened last month'.
And for the rest of our lives we're trying to recapture those moments and we forgot how...

But there's a cure: it's called NOW!

Signing off to make coffee. Yummmmm...

rescuefire · Post by **rescuefire** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:34 pm

Mahaloof wrote:Signing off to make coffee. Yummmmm...

Are you as much of a coffee-alholic as I am? Love the coffee, love the flavored stuff too. Although black coffee is my favorite!

Mahaloof · Post by **Mahaloof** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:44 pm

Are you as much of a coffee-alholic as I am?

John Goodman, in that great movie 'Fallen', has said: "Without pizza and other fine Italian foods, there would be no happiness."

I'll second that and add COFFEE to the list.
I did try to drink it black for a short while, but went back to cream (and sugar). I don't drink it as strong as a lot of people do, it seems. Coffee should taste as such and not feel like a sledgehammer.
A few years ago I bought this little grinder and so now I grind coffee beans twice a day by hand. I'll never go back...

rescuefire · Post by **rescuefire** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:48 am

Mahaloof wrote:I bought this little grinder and so now I grind coffee beans twice a day by hand. I'll never go back...

If ya bought a coffee grinder why the heck are ya doing it by hand?

Mahaloof · Post by **Mahaloof** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:57 am

Well, the grinder is not electrical, see. I have to turn the handle by hand, making circles 'n stuff....

Holland is a modern country, but electrickity has just been introduced. We now have an alternative to candles and some households already have refrigerators. I hear it keeps your food quite cool. But what's this thing called tevelision? Does it exist or did someone just put me on??

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:01 am

Maybe it's the happiness of the moment to grind coffee by the hand.

I don't know because I always buy vacuum packed quick filter grinded coffee. But if you really want to enjoy it; drink it pure, no milk, no sugar

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:11 am

Oh I'm sorry Mahaloof

At the moment I was writing you already posted a new reply. I forgot to tell that the vacuum packs were made vacuum by a horse powered pump. Because there's not enough electricity here

uneekrose · Post by **uneekrose** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:14 am

I got to have cream and sugar with my coffee. I love the smell of a freshly brewed pot. I hope you use something to protect your hands Loofah when you get your pot off of the fire, without electricity you must hang the pot over a roaring fire.

Your PC must have a hand crank on it.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:37 am

Mahaloof · Post by **Mahaloof** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:54 am

Your PC must have a hand crank on it.

I could tell you I have a few gnomes running around in a treadmill, but I don't like talking nonsense...
Nah, it's foot pedals, like with a sowing machine. It works great. The only odd moment when I experience a sudden power failure, is when I get cramp in my le

rescuefire · Post by **rescuefire** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:27 am

Dizzy1 · Post by **Dizzy1** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:18 am

uneekrose wrote:I got to have cream and sugar with my coffee. I love the smell of a freshly brewed pot.

Me too Monica

I tried it once black and I

got all choked up and grabbed the milk and sugar; "ahhhhhhh, that's more like it."