Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne
Aren’t we always running after something to find happiness? Sometimes we feel like it is always unachievable. Yet, there is a lot to say for contentment though. God provides the things that we need. If we take the time to appreciate those things around us, we will find that happiness. I love the picture that the quote gives me. Happiness is a light thing, one that dances around you. It’s something of beauty that you and those around you will enjoy. Your happiness is contagious- just like your bitterness. And just like butterflies, you may not even see those things of joy around you, unless you sit and look. It’s really that simple sometimes. So, today, I encourage you to pause. Take a look around you. Enjoy the beauty around you. I pray that in the little things you will find happiness today.