WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY? WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?

WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY?

Tons of things! I mean “stuff” material objects and also “doing” tons of things…

·         Books- reading, reading, reading…worlds open up!

·         Movies and Documentaries -Fun ones, adventure filled movies, romantic ones, Historic films and documentaries, nature documentaries, even documentaries on how it’s made and how it works!

·         Writing- I LOVE writing. Putting my thoughts down on paper, making lists, dreaming in words, jotting down ideas that strike me, gratitude for what life has so generously given me. There is a particular magic attached to watching the words froming on paper….

·         Drawing and Painting – the artist in me keeps on pushing to the fore now and then

·         Cooking – this may have to do with the "creative" process or my passion for healthy food that is fuel for our bodies and sustains us. We all know that food cooked with love is delicious and generates wellbeing on more than just a physical level.

·         Meditation – Can’t do without it! It took me a long time to get the hang of it. Though a reflective introvert, used to stillness, solitude and peace of mind most of the time, I would start and stop meditation as a practice. Start all over again and then give up and so on and so forth. Guided meditations helped me as well the grace of having meditation masters. Now I live it daily, mindfully, blissfully.

·         Walks in Nature, City exploration walks, walks

·         Dancing – my favourite form of exercise!

·         Music – expresses every human emotion, nay the human soul! My audio player accompanies me everywhere, contains my prayers and meditations too!

·         Cleaning up – sometimes – very very cathartic!

·         Animals – pets, they make me laugh, their antics are adorable and their love unconditional

·         Nature, overall, fills me with wonder at the the way everything fits in and functions like clockwork

·         Kids – their wonder, curiosity and joy at the tiniest of things. Their innocence, the way their mind is open to everything – limitless

·         Exploring the depths of my own personality – who am I? Finding things I love and things I don’t like at all. Ugh! Is that really me? Get to work and weed it out! Transform it. Come out better, stronger, shining. Great! All done. Satisfaction. For a short while and then again I need to go on to work at something else or the same thing at a deeper level. It takes effort and pain and suffering and brings joy and serenity and satisfaction. Easy? Nope, but totally WORTH IT! 

·         Volunteer Work – contribution builds me up. It also feeds my EGO. Feels good to give. So I have to remind myself to be humble. Helps me see how very fortunate I AM!

·         Seeking my Purpose – seems to be an ongoing quest. I find it, I work at it, I realise there’s more to it, I seek more again, define it, refine it…WHO AM I? WHY AM I HERE? WHAT DRIVES ME?

What makes you happy? Find it. Do it. Live it. Feel it. Be it. God Bless!

GRATITUDE

I AM GRATEFUL for everything, for the fact that I AM ALIVE and WELL, my body functions to its best ability, I can see, hear, taste, smell and touch. I even have a functioning intellect and the possibility to reason, to tune into my intution.

There is a roof over my head, food in my tummy, people who care for me; I have amazing, adorable, loving pets. I move through the experiences of life smoothly, feeling and living ALL it has to offer, the deep pain and anguish that teaches me lessons, the amazing JOY that makes my heart sing, harsh and bitter anger that I learn to conquer and rise above, hair pulling frustration that I use to grow from and use to fuel new solutions, new beginnings, happy satisfaction at reaching and conquering new goals and then setting new ones again, raising the bar higher everytime… sadness at the passing of things I would so like to hold on to, transformed to acceptance of change and  eventually the outlook of welcoming change that will bring Growth and Evolution and Joy and Happiness. 

I am grateful for my life, for the big things and yet concentrated on the tiny things, the small moments and small victories that fuel my appreciation, allowing me to keep working at the bigger goals in the winning of my own personal race in life against my own self.

I am GRATEFUL for what I AM today, better than what I was yesterday, a definite improvement.

Deeply Grateful and Blessed!