Happiness

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Confession: Recently I went through an unhappy phase. I wasn't depressed or anything and I don't think people could really tell because I masked it well (I think). But I wasn't my usual happy self on the inside. I tried everything to be happy again but nothing worked. So I just stopped and said my joy will come back in due time. And guess what, it did!!!! I just woke up one day completely overjoyed! It wasn't anything I did, it wasn't anything anyone else did, it just came back on its own. So there you have it folks my smile truly comes from within. 

Oh, completely unrelated but in Honor of Dr. King and all of the ancestors please ask yourself this question: Am I taking advantage of the privileges someone died for me to have or am I simply taking them for granted?