My journey

I have been thinking about my journey in this life.

I am not here to preach or to tell people what to think, what to do, how often to do it, where to do it, or all that. I am here to enjoy my life and bring as many people as I want with me.

Some will fall by the wayside, others will be there until the end. You know who you are.

The people who are there until the end are with me for many reasons. Mostly it is because they enrich my life. They speak their truth, or try to anyways, and that is what I really want. Honesty goes a LONG way with me.

I may not like what the truth happens to be but at least I can work with it and see where it affects me or if it does at all.

Only *I* can change my emotions. Of course there are outside forces that will influence you, but only you are in control of yourself. Only you can make your life different or "better".

Let me give you a hint, take it or leave it: Happiness just is.

It is there in front of you all the time, whether you blind yourself to it or not using negative emotions is up to you. I choose not to.

I really am a happy person because I don't stop myself from being it.

Then again, I am not perfect, as you all know. :)

The control I was talking about is really another mask that I need to shed. It really is about letting yourself BE happy rather than TRYing to be happy. Simply said, simple to do if you just do it. Very difficult to understand how because it has taken me quite a while (35 years or so) to figure it out.

In any event, if I consider you my friend, you are for a reason. And that should make you happy. :)