Tuesday 22 May 2012

Happiness is here and here and here




I'm finding happiness in the strangest places, at the oddest times, and in moments that seem like nothing but feel like everything.

Inspired by the "Happy Days in May" project over at Seven Cherubs, I decided to keep a happiness journal this month. Each night I've recorded a little something that has made me happy each day. Just a sentence, fragment or two.

Now 21 days in, I looked over my happy notes and found most days my girls are my happy. No surprise there. I love them more than I knew possible, so of course they're giving me endless bursts of happiness.

But what did surprise me is the little moments of seeming nothingness that brought happiness to my body, mind and soul...

...Ten minutes of stretching in bed in the morning. Waking my body slowly, gradually, gently, with ease. {A contrast to the usual bound out of bed to get little miss two her fix of yoghurt and Dora}...

...Running outside in the grass barefoot at little miss two's request {I felt free, boundless, refreshed}...

...Sitting down for five minutes {and listening to the tick-tock of the kitchen clock, drinking a HOT cup of tea, and savouring two pieces of dark chocolate}...

...Lying down and listening to the sounds of close-to-silence for 10 minutes as my babies slept...

I had no idea my life had so much happy moments going on until I started recording it. And it's made me notice more and more that what we focus on, we create. Just like my focus on gratitude, this happiness caper is making life that little bit sweeter, lighter, healthier. I wonder what's next...

Elisa xx


What {or who} is making you happy today?

10 comments:

  1. What a beautiful post! And a gorgeous idea! I have had such a crappy couple of months and I think might just be the way to let go of all my negativity and start focusing on the great in my life. Because there is plenty of it, but I am so blinded by the bad at the moment.

    Be right back, Im going to buy a journal!

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  2. beautiful post. I'm in a current state of unexplained infertility and i'm struggling. Thanks for the reminder to focus on the amazing things everday. What made me happy today:

    *texts from my husband saying 'I love you' and that he put the garbage out before he left for work
    * my super healthy, gluten free salad that was yummy and didn't feel healthy or gluten free
    *the diet coke i'm about to get from the fridge!

    Thanks for the reminder x

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  3. beautiful post. I'm in a current state of unexplained infertility and i'm struggling. Thanks for the reminder to focus on the amazing things everday. What made me happy today:

    *texts from my husband saying 'I love you' and that he put the garbage out before he left for work
    * my super healthy, gluten free salad that was yummy and didn't feel healthy or gluten free
    *the diet coke i'm about to get from the fridge!

    Thanks for the reminder x

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  4. This is a lovely post and a lovely idea. I have actually been tossing around the idea of a gratitude journal, thinking I will start this evening. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  5. @mummadrogi - such a great way to focus on all the great in your life! Hope you love it!

    @jess - love your happy moments! I was once in a similar situation. I hope things change for you very soon xx

    @Kim - thank you! xx

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  6. I soo need to do this to remind myself just how much wonderful there is any every day. I adore this post xx

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  7. I've just discovered your lovely blog. What a great idea, when sometimes you struggle with negativity it's good to reflect on the hapoy things you are surrounded by. I'm very inspired to do this. Thank you:) watching my baby girl learn to walk today made me happy !:)

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  8. @Nicole - first steps are so precious! Waiting for my baby to start crawling - almost there! x

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  9. This is lovely! These little angels grow so fast! I didn't understand that statement as clearly when my babies were young. Now that my oldest is 19 I completely understand!!

    Loved your list!

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  10. So inspiring. I love how you have found happiness moments that relate to your body and soul. Just brilliant and so moving to read. Thank you so much for joining in and like you, my cherubs are such a great source of happiness for me. N x

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