Unconditional Love

Today I read a quote about HAPPINESS and it really hit home for me. “HAPPINESS is the consequence of personal effort.” Now a lot of people believe that their happiness is the cause of others. Well, I do not believe that. I believe you alone are in control of your happiness. If you don’t like the way things are and they make you sad, take control of your life, put forth personal effort and find your HAPPINESS.

I know this is easier said than done, but you must do what makes you happy. You have to surround yourself with the HAPPINESS you deserve. My life hasn’t been an easy life by any means. There has been a lot of hard times, sadness, death and not knowing if everything will be okay. Through all of this I have to remember all the blessings that have been bestowed on me and see the HAPPINESS.

My husband was diagnosed with cancer and was given two months to live and we were devasted. He beat the cancer and that was a blessing. We had two small children at the time and they were the reason to be happy in such a terrible time in our life. He is now in the fight of his life once again and we don’t know the outcome everyday but we try to find happiness everyday. We have grandchildren now and they bring us our HAPPINESS. We have each other and that’s HAPPINESS. Our children have step up and shown us that we raised great kids, that’s HAPPINESS. People have showed us how much they care about us, more HAPPINESS. I can list so many things that bring HAPPINESS to my life in such sad times because I look for the blessings.

So if life brings you sadness and takes away your joy, look around and see the blessings all around you and eventually the HAPPINESS will return. Life has a way of taking away your joy, but you have the power to restore it. Find your HAPPINESS in your blessing, your memories, your family and friends, you deserve it.