another piece of kindling
Jun. 27th, 2004 07:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleinAre you happy?
i don't believe that happiness is a sustainable emotion. i know that there are times when i am happy.And i wouldn't want it any other way. There would be nothing to look forward to, or anticipate if happiness were a constant state of being.
i believe that i am content with my life. i like where i am (both literally and figuratively), who i am, and what i am. Some times are better than others. Walking out of the class room after a kick-ass class, knowing that i have facilitated the acquisition of knowledge for a group of young men and women, is a happy moment for me. Seeing the love in Master's eyes as He looks at a photo of His only grandchild is a moment of happiness for me. Hearing my daughter's giggle of joy when she has finally mastered something others would not expect a handicapped person to be able to do is another example of a happy time for me. My son's noticeable pride in his family, his wife and their two children, is yet another example of something that makes me happy. Thank goodness for those times, they counterbalance the tough ones. And right now the going is pretty tough. However, there is little about my life that i would change.
i like the expectation/anticipation of a happy moment, or day, or period of time. i enjoy the happiness as an added benefit in my life and when it is over, i know there will be another to follow. i know that there will be another kick ass day in the classroom. i know that something Master says or does will fill my soul with happiness. i know that my family will reinforce the feelings i have for them and by doing that offer me other moments of happiness. i know that i will do something to someone, or for someone at some time and have the knowledge that in doing so, i will feel some moments of happiness.
i also believe that even though happiness is not sustainable it does not mean that the rest of the time i am unhappy. i don't believe happiness and unhappiness are polar opposites. i believe that contentment is a goal to strive for in life, and happiness is a bonus. i am content. And i get many bonuses.
i don't believe that happiness is a sustainable emotion. i know that there are times when i am happy.And i wouldn't want it any other way. There would be nothing to look forward to, or anticipate if happiness were a constant state of being.
i believe that i am content with my life. i like where i am (both literally and figuratively), who i am, and what i am. Some times are better than others. Walking out of the class room after a kick-ass class, knowing that i have facilitated the acquisition of knowledge for a group of young men and women, is a happy moment for me. Seeing the love in Master's eyes as He looks at a photo of His only grandchild is a moment of happiness for me. Hearing my daughter's giggle of joy when she has finally mastered something others would not expect a handicapped person to be able to do is another example of a happy time for me. My son's noticeable pride in his family, his wife and their two children, is yet another example of something that makes me happy. Thank goodness for those times, they counterbalance the tough ones. And right now the going is pretty tough. However, there is little about my life that i would change.
i like the expectation/anticipation of a happy moment, or day, or period of time. i enjoy the happiness as an added benefit in my life and when it is over, i know there will be another to follow. i know that there will be another kick ass day in the classroom. i know that something Master says or does will fill my soul with happiness. i know that my family will reinforce the feelings i have for them and by doing that offer me other moments of happiness. i know that i will do something to someone, or for someone at some time and have the knowledge that in doing so, i will feel some moments of happiness.
i also believe that even though happiness is not sustainable it does not mean that the rest of the time i am unhappy. i don't believe happiness and unhappiness are polar opposites. i believe that contentment is a goal to strive for in life, and happiness is a bonus. i am content. And i get many bonuses.
