Happiness

Today I started to wage a war against unhappiness. Like Dove's campaign for "real beauty," I began a campaign for "real happiness." Real happiness is elusive and vauge. Mysterious and unkind to most. Is it power, money, love? For the one thing which most people spend thier lives searching for no one definition reignes supreme.
Oprah's friend said to write down what you don't want and the opposite of what you don't want is what will make you happy. So for example, I don't want to hate my mom equals having a relationship with my mom that's on an even keel, where neither of us takes advantage of the other. That's what will make me happy. But how many times an ideal thought is made but not processed to the heart. Sometimes we need to digest before we are able to make use of the ideas we eat.
So real happiness to me was doing the dishes today. They were piled up, nasty caked-on towers of grubbiness and I prepared the water, washed them, and dried and put them away. Then I watched "A Happy Accident."
Happiness is simplicity and peace in the midst of chaos. So today, simple things made me happy and the same can be true of yourself. Do some simple strethcs and go for a run. Talk to your best friend and open yourself up more to them. Trust someone. Don't let the failures in your life get you down. Instead stay busy and enjoy every moment.