It doesn't come along every day but when it does it

is special. If there was too much of a good thing that

would be like being locked inside a candy store.

What I mean is that we as individuals strive for happiness in

our lives but life itself is not always happy.  It is the way in

which we perceive our everyday lives and the people we invite

into them that make our world spin for us.  To be on top of the

world each and every day is unrealistic. Why not strive for

contentment in yourself. 

I was with a few of my friends and we were browsing through

this coffee table book about Elvis. I am not old enough to

have seen him in his early days and I never went to any of

his concerts here in USA, but my older brothers had all his

records and 45's (as they used to call them way back when!)

Most parents back in the 1950's used to send their daughters

out of the room when Elvis came on tv. He was just too

shocking and that very thing made him famous! Along with

his talent. The wonderful thing that I did notice while looking

through this coffee table book (a coffee table book is a huge book with lots of pictures and anecdotes of the person...the photography is usually
amazing...and this one was!)

Anyway, one time instead of looking at all the photos of Elvis, I noticed

the people in the audience. They all looked so happy!!  All through

the book, I notice this. I asked my friends if they notice too and they

said, "YES!, Why aren't people this happy anymore?"

I looked around the coffee shop where I was that day and I saw people

looking worried, rushed, some were happy but not too many. I guess

it was a simplier time, a time of prosperity in America. A time

where the American Dream was something you could shoot for and

little boys wanted to be the President of the United States and or

dream about being an astronaut and going to the Moon someday!

Those were the kind of dreams people dreamed back then.

Happiness is something good to strive for but being happy

in yourself is even better. Just like the audence in that coffee

table book, those people were happy at the moment, living life

for NOW and not worried about tomorrow.

Enjoy today because today is a present you give to yourself

It's free, its beautiful and its yours for the taking!

Money doesn't buy happiness...

Happiness Just IS....

just my two cents here...

I hope you smile today :)