by Elaine Sihera

Created on: April 15, 2008

What Makes You Happy?

A number of things make me happy, but five of them are essential:

1. Me: I have to find happiness within myself first before anyone else can 'make' me happy. I have to love me first and want to be with me 24/7 before I can even begin to feel any kind of happiness. As I do love myself, and that is the foundation of happiness, I feel extremely happy and my constant smile says it all.

2. My children: I adore my two children. They are adults now and feel the need, sadly, to judge me negatively for whatever reasons connected to my marriage break-up. But they are two talented wonderful, beautiful human beings whom I was blessed with and whose lives are enriching their own spheres just now. I hope to reconnect again with them soon in the awesome love we shared when they were at home. No parent is perfect. We can only ever do our best from hand-me-down rules and values from our own parents and hope for the best. I keep reminding myself that if I was such a 'bad' mother they would not have turned out into the amazing people they are.

3. My work: I love my writing, speaking and creativity. It is the greatest joy to get up each day and come to my computer to write an article, answer a question from a reader, participate in a forum or go out to take a seminar or speak to a group to share my knowledge and expertise. It is a most exquisite feeling of achievement and contentment. And to get paid for something that I love and enjoy so much too, is simply amazing.

4. My partner: I do not have a current beau at the time of writing but having someone to share my life, joys and pain, always makes me extremely happy. It is just wonderful to be able to do things together, affirm each other and love one another to bits. Truly awesome.

5. Life itself - the fact that I open my eyes every morning and I am still breathing, alive and feeling wonderful. That is marvellous and can never be taken for granted, and I give thanks each day. From life flows all other blessings so I can say that I am very happy, indeed, just now, regardless of what might not be going right at any moment in my life.

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