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Your Own Happiness

I want to be authentic and open. I want to approach people. Pursue opportunities. Show people all the grace and good that the world offers. I believe I can, but only when I'm at my best. I need to be the best version of myself to do so. But how?

We create our own paths. Makers of our own hope. Just like we build the walls to our own life. We choose who can see through the windows. Who can come through the door. Who we give the key to. Vulnerability and trust is up to us. We decide what we do. Who we see. How we act. How we live and how we love.

We allow ourselves to become lost, all too often. When were you last happy, wholly? Not just in the moment, a fleeting moment. Not just a smile here or a laugh there. But the last time you were so happy, you genuinely wanted to let others see you happy. When your heart was happy. When you could feel it swell with joy. Your soul, spirit...your deep, inner, true self was happy?

Think about it. Really pause and think. What brought on that happiness? Was it a person? An event? A place? A thing? An action? Perhaps that is the real key to your own happiness.

For me, it's the rain. Rain bring me a quiet, powerful happiness. Rain is so incredibly wonderful.  Brings so much happiness to my soul, so much calmness to my mind, and so much hope to my heart. It's incredibly how healing it can be. It brings life, energy, and revitalization. Rain is symbolic of change, of things starting anew.

I embrace it. Embrace your happy. Capture it. Maximize it. Live and love.

Much love,
S.
xoxo

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