Happiness come from within is what I am believing at the moment. When I look at my current situation, a nice house, a nice car, bills paid up, no credit card debt, house paid off, those things should make one happy correct? Well in my case it does not. It is the non non-tangible things that provide moments of happiness. A baby's first cry, the sound of a horse's neigh, a beautiful sunset, the smell of rain, those are the things that make happiness real.

I think about my current relationship and it is not a happy one. I have all the things above, but that is not the key to happiness. When I moved into a meager house with my children and separated from my husband, I had no job, I received food stamps, I was dirt poor living in a 40 year old double wide. But you know what, I was happy. Truly happy.

Being yelled at and demeaned, being treated like crap, being put in your place all the time and being reminded you are nothing, fear, anxiety, panic; these things breed discontentment. But life, the ability to live, feel and experience the world around you, that opens the door to contentment and happiness.

Even though I lived in that double wide, I sat out side and listened to the crickets, I watched the fireflies, I saw mama deer eat my tomatoes (dang her rotten hide) but I saw her baby playing nearby and carelessly chasing a butterfly. I heard something I had not heard in a long time, laughter. That laughter was from me. I had forgotten what it felt like to laugh. I had forgotten the sound of my own laughter. That is happiness. The ability to see and feel life, the ability to hear and experience lifes goodness, that is what makes one happy.

Peace and contentment set the groundwork for happiness. Money can't buy it, people can't give it to you, (you DO need to have your needs met in order to allow yourself to experience it though) , some one cant find it for you, it is something only you can find for yourself.

So take a moment and listen and feel the greatness. Choose to be happy my friends : )