My Own Bulletin

Author: Unknown

We convince ourselves that life will be better once we are married, have a baby, then another.

Then we get frustrated because our children are not old enough, and that all will be well when they are older.

Then we are frustrated because they reach adolescence and we must deal with them. Surely we’ll be happier when they grow out of the teen years.

We tell ourselves our life will be better when our spouse gets his/her act together, when we have a higher salary, when we can take a vacation or when we finally retired.

For the longest time, it seemed that life was about to start. Real life.

But there was always some obstacle along the way, an ordeal to get through, some work to be finished, some time to be given, a bill to be paid. Then life would start.

I finally came to understand that those obstacles were life.

That point of view helped me see that there isn’t any road to happiness. Happiness IS the road.

So, stop waiting for scholl to end, for a return to school, to loose ten pounds, to gain ten pounds, for work to begin, to get married, for friday evening, for saturday night, waiting for a new car, for spring, for summer, for fall, for winter, for your song to be played on the radio, to die, to be reborn.. before deciding to be happy.

There is no better time to be happy than… NOW!
Live and enjoy the moment.