Early this evening, I had to take a few more items out to the recycling bin. Hubs had already taken them out to the curb since our trash and recycling day is on Mondays. After I placed the items in the bin, I looked up at our house. The lights were on. I could smell Hubby grilling our steaks in the back yard. I breathed in some of the cool autumn air and I realized just how blessed I am. Right at that moment, my mind was clear, I wasn’t worried about work or our schedules. Right at that moment, I was…happy.
Was everything perfect? NO! Will things ever be perfect? NO! Did I mention that it was already 7:30pm and I did not have dinner ready yet and that my girls were running around like wild women without a care in the world? Did I mention that since we ate later, bedtime was EVEN later than usual and so NOT what I had planned?
I read a very interesting thought by Kevin Causey: “Are we confusing pleasure with happiness? Many feel that their personal happiness rests upon having one pleasurable moment after another. They reason that they simply aren’t happy unless each moment is filled with pleasure. We need to stop thinking this way and look at happiness differently. Happiness does not depend merely upon having pleasurable moments, but rather, upon whether or not we are content or satisfied with the moments that come our way. In other words, I don’t have to feel pleasure from something in order to be happy.” WOW!
1 Timothy 6:6-8
God-like life gives us much when we are happy for what we have. 7 We came into this world with nothing. For sure, when we die, we will take nothing with us. 8 If we have food and clothing, let us be happy.
What do you think? We will be delving into this whole “Happiness Thing” over the next few weeks! Today’s post is part of a weekly blog hop, “Mingle Monday” hosted by KD Buggie Boutique!
I like this post, so glad to have found you! Now following your blog.
I think sometimes we do just need to stop and really appreciate what we have in our life. Life isn't perfect, and we can't always determine the outcome…..but we can determine our attitude about it.