A Sure Way To A Happy Day !
HAPPINESS IS SOMETHING
WE CREATE IN OUR MIND,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEARCH FOR
AND SO SELDOM FIND
IT'S JUST WAKING UP
AND BEGINNING THE DAY
BY COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS
AND KNEELING TO PRAY
IT'S GIVING UP THOUGHTS
THAT BREED DISCONTENT
AND ACCEPTING WHAT COMES
AS A GIFT HEAVEN SENT
IT'S GIVING UP WISHING
FOR THINGS WE HAVE NOT
AND MAKING THE BEST OF
WHATEVER WE'VE GOT
IT'S KNOWING THAT LIFE
IS DETERMINED FOR US,
AND PURSUING OUR TASKS
WITHOUT FRET, FUME, OR FUSS
FOR IT'S BY COMPLETING
WHAT GOD GIVES US TO DO
THAT WE FIND REAL CONTENTMENT
AND HAPPINESS, TOO !
LOVE YA, ~Barbara
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I try to remember all this but not always easy. I do have a tendency to ask for more rather than be happy with what I have. I\'m trying to be better at accepting what God gave me. Thanks for this reminder!
Hugs, Jean
Reminds me of a TV program I saw as a child (but didn\'t understand yet). It was called The Bluebird of Happiness. The moral of the story was that if we chase the bluebird of happiness, it will always fly away and elude us. But if we become busy doing things we enjoy, the bluebird of happiness will quietly come and light on our shoulder. So true!
Happiness really truly is something we can always create each & every moment of our days.