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Happiness Is...

Life is crazy because we always think we know what makes us happy.....what exactly it is that we are searching for that will make us happy. I know there are some sappy ridiculous quotes that say " Stop searching....when you least expect it....it will find you ." I used to believe that was a crock of shit.......but it's actually true. I know it's true because it happened to me. When you stop searching for it.....it comes to you. Unexpectedly. Unannounced. Happiness just shows up.....and I couldn't be more thrilled about it. I've spent so many years of my life searching....as I know many of you have. Searching for acceptance, guidance, happiness, love, joy, peace. Have you ever noticed when you stop looking for something you find it? I once spent WEEKS searching for my favorite necklace. I had given up hope and considered the necklace a total loss. Randomly this one day I was going through a box and boom....there it was. No idea why or how on earth it woun...

Freedom

Freedom seems so natural to all of us. A God given right most of us would say. We are born free. Free to choose love. Free to live our lives....to laugh and enjoy every moment that we have. I think in a way we all get so caught up in the day to day we call life that we almost take our freedom for granted. What if we suddenly weren't free? What if we lost all control? If we got so stuck in the roll of a prisoner to our own lives that we aren't living free at all? I say this because I was once a prisoner.....to myself. I allowed myself to become comfortable with the uncomfortable . I stopped letting my voice be heard. In a twisted way I became "OK" with being static. Granted I was out living my life. I went to work, hung out with friends.....did all of the things a normal, free person would do. Yet as I look back on life the last several years I realized I wasn't free at all. I was miserable and lying to myself and those around me. They say in order to make an...