Happiness is.....

Sitting here, cozy in my fleece pants and bathrobe and feeling the cool warmth of late morning sun, I ponder happiness.

Happiness is......

- Looking like a Victoria Secret's Model.
- Having a luxury car, fully loaded.
- Expensive handbags.
- Silk and lace undergarments.
- Big house with all the trappings.
- A Tiffany ring adorning that perfectly manicured finger.
- A perfect boyfriend.
- A perfect, well-paying job.

Wait.

Yes, that's happiness perhaps, to some.  But, not joy.
Happiness is wonderful, happiness is needed.

But, happiness can be a mask. A bright and intricately adorned mask with beads, feathers, and sequins. A mask that makes you feel wonderful, luxurious, beautiful, heavenly even.
Once that ornate happiness mask is removed, then what? Is there joy hidden beneath continuing that crest of dazzling euphoria?

I've learned there's nothing wrong with striving for more, for wanting a better life. But I've also learned not to let that potential future ruin the joy of what we are living today, and to overlook the creative process or journey of getting there. Because, it's all a creative process, whether you're creative or not.
Life is filled with creativity and wonder. Maybe some of us are more gifted in seeing that. Imagination is more important than we give credit. Find it, hold on to it, use its light as your guide.