Kangatopia

As people get older, one of the most common bits of advice they tend to give the younger generations is that you make your own happiness. You figure out what you need and what you want, and then you pursue it. This is especially important if you are fortunate enough to have the freedom to seek this out. Would it be a huge surprise to learn that many people far less fortunate are much happier? I don’t believe that happiness should be the goal.  I do believe that happiness is a mind set, a perception which rounds off the edges of struggle.

I am in a place in my life in which I have found great happiness. My children give me an inexhaustible amount of joy. I am deeply in love with the man of my dreams, and he loves me in return. I have the time and ability to engage in a form of exercise which benefits me physically, spiritually and emotionally. I am gainfully employed. All of my family’s needs are being met.

All of the paths I took and the decisions I made led me to this moment - to regret any of it, even the really negative bits, would be counter-productive.