What Makes You Happy?

While sitting at the hospital for a significant amount of time, I'm reminded of just how important our basic needs are and how unimportant our basic desires are. In a comparison of the two, I see the essentials in life are really quite minimal. But don't we have such a wonderful Father in Heaven that not only supplies the essentials but also assures us that our desires are a pleasure for Him to supply as well! Having made that statement, He also works on our hearts in order to make sure our desires are not a harm to our well being.

Do we need alot to live a healthy life? No. Do we need alot to live a happy life? No. Do we desire things we envision will make a better life for us? Of course. What would it really take to make us happy? Would it be a better job, a different spouse, a new house, another vehicle, a different church? I want to choose my words carefully because change is necessary in these areas in some cases, however, in most situations we find that true happiness comes from the depth of the soul. It is encased in our hearts where our expectations either embrace it or shun it. Please stop blaming God if you are unhappy. Its not up to Him to make our lives a great stage play. He longs for us to be happy and content but not at the expense of our maturity. I have been told many times as a child that you don't always get everything you want. Its true and I'm glad because I see that maturity changes our expectations in life, which changes that little thing enclosed deep in our heart...happiness.

Ya know we really don't need much in this life for it to be a great one. So I ask you...what makes you happy?