19th July 2024
As I completed another wonderful and eventful year, I was reviewing the year gone by and planning for the year ahead and it got me thinking on how so many things change and how they remain the same.
It has now become a ritual for me on this day to open my ‘Happiness jar’ (a small jar where I keep putting notes on all the things that made me smile during the past year) and recollect and smile remembering those cherished moments.
What I also found in the jar was this small note:
“The things you learn in maturity aren’t simple things such as acquiring information and skills.
You learn not to engage in self-destructive behaviour.
You learn not to burn up energy in anxiety.
You discover how to manage your tensions.
You learn that self-pity and resentment are among the most toxic of drugs.
You find that the world loves talent but pays off on character.
You come to understand that most people are neither for you nor against you; they are thinking about themselves.
You learn that no matter how hard you try to please, some people in this world are not going to love you, a lesson that is at first troubling and then really quite relaxing.
Most of these things are hard to learn early in life.
As a rule, you have to have picked up some mileage and some dents in your fenders before you understand.”
Amazingly true perspective. Isn’t it?
So, here’s,
To new beginnings,
To more happiness,
To finding more joy & spreading more joy,
To more learning,
To more positivity,
To more forgiving,
To more giving & sharing,
To more gratitude and
To more blessings.
Let’s enjoy the journey & Stay blessed forever.