Happiness Happens

Today is National Happiness Happens Day!

Go forth.

Be Happy.
Do Happy.
Make Happy.

Happiness Happens
and it begins with
YOU!

Be

Be polite.
Be nice.
Be genuine.
Be helpful.
Be silly.
Be sincere.
Be hopeful.
Be kind.
Be supportive.
Be happy.
Be bold.
Be brave.
Be gracious.
Be grateful.
Be beautiful.
Be loving.
Be caring.
Be tenacious.
Be spontaneous.
Be lieve.
Be you.
Be.

Enjoy. Every. Second.

When we are young,
we cannot wait to have freedom.
As we enter early adulthood,
we are grasping at opportunities.
As parents,
we prepare our kids to thrive on their own
and never really want them to leave.
As our forties and fifties approach,
we are yearning for youth.
As parents pass away,
we seek to savor memories.

We wish for time to hurry up,
then pray that time would just slow down.

If you wake up, be thankful.
Bask in the sunshine.
Absorb the scenery.
Envelop friends.
Embrace family.
Breathe deep.

Enjoy. Every. Second.

Facade

A little something
I've been toying with . . .

You do not know
your neighbor's woes
Not every wound
is one that shows
Their smile is
a false façade
That cloaks the weight
with which they plod.

Should I leave it,
or pursue it?
What say you . . .

Grateful

I have been sick.
I have been very healthy.
I have been poor.
I have been very comfortable.
I have been devastated.
I have been euphoric.
I have been angry.
I have been just giddy.
I have been judged.
I have been vindicated.
I have been anxious.
I have been unencumbered.
I have been betrayed.
I have been amazingly supported.
I have been lost.
I have been beautifully found.

I am grateful
for every single second.
It is all a gift.

Hey! Listen Up!

Everything is beautiful
in it's own way
like a starry summer night
on a snow covered winter's day
and everybody's beautiful
in their own way
under God's Heaven
the world's gonna find the way

You're welcome.
Continue singing . . .

and Being Beautiful!

Cowboys . . .

I happened upon a cooking show last night
that pitted four grill masters against one another.
They were from all over the place.
One was a cowboy - a real, literal cowboy.
I have learned that these are seriously
humble, respectful, genuine, gracious folk.
This cowboy was in the finale, but lost.
His closing statement:

A man is only as strong
as the woman who holds him.
I am very strong.

Wow!
Just wow!
On a dadgum cooking show . . .