Shawn L. Bird

‎”Happiness is a quality of mind. It is something we possess within…if we do not have it within, nothing outside can give it to us.”

– Paramananda

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Profound, eh?

I think of it in terms of those choices that I’ve been blogging about lately.  We choose to be happy.  You hear people every day grumbling about this and that minor complaint all the time.  You’d think the entire world was conspiring against them.  Then you meet someone who has a happy heart, but is an invalid, or lives in third world poverty.  Every day is struggle.  The struggle could have worn them into bitterness, but here they are smiling and joyful.  Why?  Not because their troubles are less than yours, for in fact, their troubles are infinity greater than yours.  They are smiling and joyful because they choose to be.

That’s all.

Happiness is not something to pursued, constantly running ahead, just out of reach.

Happiness is something to embrace in every moment.

Happiness is a choice.