We often find ourselves searching for happiness, for personal fulfilment, and that something, or someone that will lead to the illusive “happily ever after”.

As a child I though I would grow up, get married, have babies and a job I loved, and I would of course then live happily ever after. In many ways I have ticked off my check list.

  • Husband I adore. Tick
  • Children. Tick (maybe not the 6, including twins I wanted lol)
  • Job I enjoy. Tick.

Am I happy? Yes I am, but the idea of happy I had in mind looks different to the ‘happy’ I am living. I live with happiness everyday, I am so grateful for all the amazing people and possessions in my life. But there is no such thing as ‘happily ever after’, because bad things still happen all the time too. To live a life without any heartache, pain, sadness, or worries is just not possible. We have this idea that once we get the job we want, or have lots of money, that all our problems somehow magically melt away. But that is an illusion. Problems evolve, they shift. It is the way we view life and our problems that has a bigger impact on our happiness than the problem itself.

Being grateful for what we have, instead of constantly looking for extra things to make us happy, is key to finding actual happiness. We will never be free of all problems, the problems we have today may go away or shift, but new problems always arise. We can not live in a perfect world. What we can do is adjust how we look at the world, and our attitude to the problems we face. We have the power to change the way we see our world. When we adjust our attitude to one of gratefulness, we change our perception of the problems we face.

Do you agree? Do you have any opinions on this topic? If you do please share them with me in the comment section, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks for joining me, love Mac xx

Cuddle Fairy