{"id":280,"date":"2008-08-20T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=280"},"modified":"2008-08-20T13:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T17:31:00","slug":"happiness-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Happiness Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the definition of happiness? The dictionary says, &#8220;state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.  Well I think that happiness can be a choice.  Nobody has a perfect life.  There is always more you can want or need.  <\/p>\n<p>But choosing to be happy is a decision.  Despite it all, I will make a choice to make the most of things.  Look for the positive.  Be positive.  No matter how bad you may have had\/have it&#8230; rest assured there is someone else out there with much worse circumstance.<\/p>\n<p>I think of all my worries&#8230; and then I couldn&#8217;t help but think of children across the world who would simply like water&#8230; clean, drinking water.  It is almost clich\u00e9s  to say, &#8220;Think of all those starving children in Africa.&#8221;  But really think of it&#8230; I have to simply stop and be thankful, be grateful.  Be happy.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much I would LIKE to give my children or do for my children.  But then I have to stop and realize they have all the basics and then some.  They have so much to be grateful for&#8230; yet have I made them stop and BE THANKFUL and APPRECIATIVE?<\/p>\n<p>A happy home.  It is such a easy thing to simply take for granted.  Yet all around us, in our own school are families breaking up.<\/p>\n<p>Pain is around us&#8230; a constant, it seems.  So if I have the life worries&#8230; money&#8230; bills, bills, bills&#8230; I am and should be grateful.<\/p>\n<p>I am choosing to be happy through the tortures of moving.  The positives of moving  is all the purging that is so cleansing.  Finding a missing something that you didn&#8217;t even know was lost!  Be gone baby stuff&#8230;  YAH!  Organizing DVDs, books, clothing!<\/p>\n<p>I am happy.  I am happy that God has provided us with a home that will meet the needs of our family.  A bit smaller in size yet more functional.  A bit farther to drive yet property to run free.  A lot of grass to cut yet quiet time on a mower  (i think).<\/p>\n<p>Happiness is a choice.  Enjoying the now&#8230; whatever that includes.  Hockey, golf, swimming lessons, judo, guitar, youth group, making lunches (grrr&#8230; I am working on this), all that comes with motherhood of 3-13 year old.<\/p>\n<p>I keep hearing people say, &#8220;ENJOY IT&#8230; it goes too fast.&#8221;  I hear it over and over.  So I am trying to enjoy it.  To love it.  To let this NOW be my happiness and contentment.<\/p>\n<p>I choose to be happy.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you God for happiness.  Help me to seek that state of mind more often.  Help me to appreciate it and cherish all my blessings&#8230;. my biggest being Sanj and my sons.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for my happiness.  Help me to never take it forgranted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the definition of happiness? The dictionary says, &#8220;state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Well I think that happiness can be a choice. Nobody has a perfect life. There is always more you &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=280\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}