happiness

Date: 20 December 2009 15:38:56

How do we learn to be happy with what we have, not think we will be happy when such and such happen? This is a question that I have been thinking about recently. Partly in relation to being single. Most of the time I enjoy being single, I can see that being married is a good thing, but so is being single. I had told one of my friends that I was struggling a wee bit at the moment with being single, and she had been chatting about me to her mother-in-law (not as random as it sounds!!) who had asked “is there any possibilities of Surfing meeting a bloke at the moment?” To which my friend had replied “she’s more interested in getting back to a place where she is happy being single than in meeting a bloke.” Her mother-in-law (who is single) thought this was a very wise thing. When I was thinking about this, I continued the concept to lots of areas. With the Christmas season upon us, learning to be happy with what we have not what we want is an important thing to remember. We live in a world that says “if you have the right, partner, house, job, clothes, etc, you will be happy.” It’s time to fight back and say “I am happy because……” In my case I am happy because I have great friends, a job that I enjoy, and hobbies that challenge me.