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Happiness.

Happiness is all around us to be accepted with no charge.

Happiness is self made. Some of us are easily pleased while others really struggle.

Hi there guys... What 's up? I hope you 're doing well. I was wondering what do we really need (all of us) to be happy. Money? Recognition? Fame? Friends? Love? Family?

Sometime back I read a blog on Happiness and its relationship to money.

Happiness is something we find, almost by accident, when doing something worthwhile. The days that you awake and say to yourself, "I'm gonna be happy today if it kills me", usually turn out to be the worst days.

Where do you live? Do you like your neighbors, your street, your home? Do you feel safe in the setting you have chosen? How long did it take you to find the perfect home, the perfect apartment, the perfect room to rent?

Dear Lord, I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving and understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that is not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness. Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You. Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things. Let me not whine and whimper over things which I have no control. And it's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will. Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak, and keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those

Back in my other life of ignorance and low awareness, someone would pay me a compliment and I would feel terribly embarrassed about it; as though I did not deserve it. They might say how wonderful I looked in that smashing dress, etc. My only reply would be an awkward, lame "You mean this thing I'm wearing? It's ages old and not that great." Throwing their honest admiration back in their face.

I read blog on Happines and its relationship to money. I would like to affirm the idea that contentment is in reality a state of mind over which individuals should have at least some measure of control. We should determine that we will not let anyone else dictate the way respond to any situation, no matter how distasteful. Like the Apostle Paul, we should strive to be content in whatever state we find ourselves.

I love Easter because it has not been commercialized like Christmas. I find celebrating the resurrection of Jesus gives me a sense of wellbeing. I also seem to get a resurgence in my faith in God on Easter.

For those who knows of a loss with a pet will be able to appreciate this. The day I had to put my Penny down, that very day another litter was born in a town not far from me. Little did I know that Penny and God had a plan for me. I was grieving so bad that I wanted to shave my head and darken my face with ashes. Not there are alot of people that say that is just plain crazy, and I could understand it. Those of you who have experienced that type of grief will understand me. You have to understand that I had no intentions really to get another pet for a while. I have a kitty and we were just going to hang out and try to chill. just so you know my oter blogs talk about Penny as well. Anyway, I went on line to petfinders.com and saw some puppies. Of the same breed as Penny, ( once a Doxie lover always a Doxie lover )and the most adorable I have ever seen. So I made an appointment with the breeder and went out to see the litter of pups. I had no idea that I would choose a puppy that day. When the breeder told me the litter was born on 12/20/06 I almost fell out of the chair, same day my Penny passed... It was really, really amazing, and a lot bigger then what I could have ever done on my own. I beleive Penny and God had a plan and wanted me to have a new baby... It was so surreal and I saw my baby when she was only 11 days old, and Penny gone for 11 days. It was overwhelming to say the least. The next day made 12 straight days of continous crying non stop but just to sleep some. By the morning of the 12th day I was the worst. I ended up in the ER and almost had the Dr's with the straight jacket to come and get me. Fortunately it didn't go that far. And the next day the breeder called me and said that we would work it out for me to get my baby somehow. She also was a God send. And played a very big part of the whole thing. You know the price for pets are not cheap, and I am not rich by any means.