Monday, July 04, 2011

IS OUR FAMILY HAPPY?

Most people most of the time are not happy, that however doesn’t mean most are depressed.  It does means that there is a lot of living between happiness and depression.

When we start a day we are hopeful, maybe optimistic but also a bit concerned.  So each family member starts the day somewhere between happiness and depression.  Family happiness depends upon how each individual is feeling.  That would seem to lower the odds for family happiness today.

All this is good or bad depending on how much importance we place on happiness.  There is a good chance that happiness has been oversold as a life goal - which means there’s something greater.  There is.  There is satisfaction, joy, love, accomplishment, positive attitude, health, optimism and so on.

So what happened to happiness?  It didn’t disappear; it just found its place.  That place is as a by-product of the many good things in life.  It is the icing on the cake which comes from baking a good cake in the first place.

When we want our family happy, all this means is that it can’t be bought in a bottle or a tube or a magic formula.  Happiness is a gift that comes, not a goal that can be achieved.

Is our family happy?  There is a good chance if the family:

Shares together

                Works together

                                Plays together

                                                Helps others together

                                                                Prays together

                                                                                Grows together

Happiness is like most family benefits - is a gift which comes and goes like magic - always surprising and always wonderful.

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