Happiness is...

Growing up I had a Snoopy book that had a mustard yellow cover and was full of things to be happy about. Now I can’t tell you the first one except a simple line like the one above with an open ending. As a child I didn’t glean much from that, but now as an adult I see the brilliance of these three dots.

We are given a multitude of things to find happiness in every day, from the moment we glare at the clock and mumble under our breath about leaving the comfort of our warm bed to the frustration of unfinished work at the end of a long day, opportunities for happiness can appear in every aspect of our life. You can be happy in the moment of enjoying that warm bed and the opportunities this new day brings. A feeling of accomplishment in what has been done can give us happiness.

We have lots of opportunities to find happiness in our simple everyday activities. It is our choice to be happy in those moments and embrace them. For me happiness is often things in their simplest state, the most elemental things in life. It is not about money, position, things. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness didn’t have anything to do with the car you drive or the label on your clothes. What do your three dots contain?

Sometimes happiness is a warm blanket or a wet nose attached to a wagging tail. Maybe it is the joy of having friends you can trust… Even when they move that football. Use that open ending to find all those things we take for granted in our daily lives and find the happiness in them.  It’s a great day to be happy Charlie Brown!