Bring Out the Kid in You

Happiness doesn't have to cost a lot.  Most of the time it's free - sometimes it's a dollar.  Yup, I'll explain it later. If you feel that you must have everything or that you are not good enough because you don't have a mansion, you don't drive a fancy car or you simply don't have enough cash - you're missing out on life.

You see, every time we complain about what we don't have - we ignore what we have that others wish they had.  Was that confusing?  Okay let me rephrase that.  There are things you have that the other people actually wish they had.  There.  I think that was a bit clearer.  You see someone who's filthy rich - nice clothes, huge house, expensive car and all, and you say "I wish I was that person."  Don't.  We tend to create instant judgement on things that we only see on a surface.  If you dig deeper, you might actually say "No thanks, I'll keep what I got."  Look at celebrities.  They have all the money they need and then some.  But how many of them took their lives because they couldn't handle it anymore?  When you travel so much for concerts and shows, how often do you see your family?  Can you even take a quick break from shooting a music video just to say hi to a friend? I bet it's not easy.

Now, back to my $1.00 price tag on happiness.  We were at the mall yesterday and our little boy Lucas dragged us to the food court.  He wanted a sundae cone from Mcdonald's so his Daddy got one.  His eyes lit up and we couldn't take the smile off his face.  He was a happy camper.  That ice cream just made a big difference to his day.  Then I started thinking that sometimes, we just really need to bring out the kid in each of us.  Why can't we just find happiness in little things?  After the ice cream adventure, he ran around until he saw a bunch of kids playing.  He joined them and they were all so happy just jumping together.  They didn't even know each other!  No one ever said that you should have everything to be happy.  Maybe we can learn a thing or two from kids.  They're the true symbol of pure happiness.

Stay happy,

m3lvi3