“The most simple things can bring the most happiness.” (Izabella Scorupco)
Why do so many of us often look so hard to find happiness in life when there are always the simplest of things around us that can bring us that very thing? For years I myself thought happiness could only come through having a lot of money and what it could afford me, until limitations with my health and finances led to me to seeing otherwise. Since then I’ve grown to appreciate a lot simpler things in life such as a chirping cricket visiting me while I sit outside, the tranquil sounds of a rain shower falling upon my house, the chorus of many birds talking in trees above me, the lapping of waves I hear on Lake Erie’s edge, the spinning of complicated webs by spiders around my garden, the vibrant colors of leaves as they begin to change in the fall, the wet dewdrops on the tips of my grass hanging out in the morning, the serene glow of the sun as it sets in the evening, or the translucence of a full moon in the sky sitting amongst all of those twinkling stars. I’ve grown to truly appreciate and find happiness in each of these simple things and so many more, and thankfully, it only took me being slowed down to finally wake up and realize that.
I pray I am fully open to experience all the happiness I’m meant to in life through even the simplest of things.
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson