THREE SQUARE FEET OF HAPPINESS

TODAY'S QUOTE:

"When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness."... Malcolm S. Forbes, 1917-1990, American Publisher

The right to happiness is every humans birthright. As children we take what we're given... good or bad beginnings often simply depend on who's been sleeping with whom. No infant can choose their parents, siblings, extended family, wealth or lack thereof, or location of birth. We get what we get. As children we're not to blame for any mess made by adults, although many of us suffered punishment as if we were.

Making the best of it is often all the defense we have, until we outgrow or overthrow our governing forces. If that sounds a lot like war, for some it truly is.... if it wasn't a long battle for you then take a moment to tell your family how grateful you are for a healthy head start toward happiness. If you're one of the warriors then fight the urge to focus on how unfair it all seems.

It wasn't fair, but you survived it, and sucking on it won't make it taste any better. Life isn't fair. We all carry some kind of burden that we never deserved. Mean people, angry people, damaged people may have robbed you of a happy start, but unless you allow them the power yourself they cannot steal a happy ending. They held you captive once upon a time, don't remain a prisoner by choice.   

Every adult is responsible for whatever goes on inside of their own three feet of personal space. The people we place beside us, and the level of the control we give them is also in our hands. I took almost an entire lifetime to understand this. I kept thinking if I didn't hurt others that would keep me safe from harm. What a fool I was... but I had the best of intentions.

I believed that my happiness depended on someone else. I tried to become whatever others wished me to be... then they would be happy... andddddddddddddd then finally I would be happy too. I know that's not true now. I know the only true happiness comes from the inside out. And to find that you have to be who you were truly meant to be.

Approving of yourself is the most precious feeling. Fitting in your own skin is true happiness. Finding someone who allows you to be, "real" without punishing you for it is icing on the cake. I'd be just as happy eating my cake free of icing, but it's so much sweeter now that I have icing available.

Remembering all the years I went hungry is used only to count my blessings, not to assign blame. Wherever life takes me.... whatever mountains I must cross.... as long as I'm master of my three feet... I'll know true happiness. It's a privilege I fought hard to attain, and a birthright I finally obtained. Think about it.... Let it ride.... Then decide!!!!