What is happiness
(Photo: MGSpiller)
Today I want to talk about happiness. There are some questions I have been thinking about for some time now that I would like to write something about:
- When are we happy?
- What makes us happy?
- And even more important, when are our children happy?
These are important questions, because if we don’t know what makes us happy how will we find happiness.
It often feels like people think happiness comes from money, you have to spend money to be happy but is that really true. It is easy to see that children are happy when they are on a sugar high at Disney World, but are they truly happy or just overwhelmed?
I have a theory that it is the time spent doing something extra that brings happiness not the extra in itself. So therefore, taking a short walk while the whole family sings as loud as they can is just as memory building as a day at Disney World. No, I m not saying that you should only do small inexpensive things, if you have the money go and have fun but remember one fun week is only one week, we have to try to find happiness the other 51 weeks too.
Some ideas for simple fun things:
- Bake some muffins from scratch.
- Take a walk
- Try a new vegetable for dinner.
- Have a pick nick, not a fancy one but a tiny one that takes 2 minutes to plan.
- Make something, try making some paper craft from Canon.
- Light some candles and play a board game.
- Start a happiness journal and find 3-5 things everyday that made you happy.
Try a new thing today and really try to feel what makes you happy.
-Have a beautiful day!
