tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506726850124711313.post4128050221705347422..comments2023-09-18T10:42:51.753-05:00Comments on lumière pure: happiness?Caythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11396961768454067595noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506726850124711313.post-1676623152632253102012-06-11T12:11:20.703-05:002012-06-11T12:11:20.703-05:00Shannon- Thank you for sharing your thoughts and i...Shannon- Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights! It is encouraging to hear how you have held on to your happiness and learned to 'bask' as well. Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment! :)Caythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11396961768454067595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506726850124711313.post-46972299054379113612012-06-05T17:34:05.453-05:002012-06-05T17:34:05.453-05:00Happiness.... such a central part of everyone'...Happiness.... such a central part of everyone's life and at the same time can also be pushed so far back that you simply no longer think about it. Life, I believe, is measured by those moments of happiness that you will always carry with you.. graduation day, moving away from your parents, first "real" job, wedding day, birth of your children.. I have had the pleasure to experience all of these happy moments and they certainly have shaped my heart around how and what makes me feel happy... Presently, after being married for almost a decade and 4 children later, these moments still make me smile, they bring me back to those individual moments, and on an every day scale I would have to say my number would be an 8. Some days are certainly a 10 and some days far lower... Your blog today strikes me because I too have been asking myself the same question... my family has gone through some very big changes this last year as I am sure you have as well... Moving from California, beaches and sun, being famous is just not that special in Hollywood, and the paparazzi are more annoying then anything in the world.. you cannot even walk down the street without being photographed just because of your lunch date?? ugh... to a slower and more family friendly state that we now live in. Happiness has been the focus of our longest talks, whether or not we made the right decision, whether we are in the right place.. Happiness definitely plays a role in our everyday lives. You catch yourself silently asking if you are truly happy, if you are in a good place within your self, and whether or not you can weather through the days with lower scores. The one piece of advice that I will give after being married as long as I have been is always remember the days that have changed your life. For true happiness will come from a collaboration of all of those moments wrapped up into a number, a smile, or a look that you give your Husband! That gift you speak about where you bask in the light, that moment is what makes it all worth it, always allow yourself that moment.. As every one will say about your children "watch carefully they grow up right before your very eyes" is so very true about children and also about life.. give it a moment to just take it in for life too will just pass right before you if you don't stop and look it in the eye every now and again! :0) thank you for this... I needed it today! Sorry for my long response!Shannonnoreply@blogger.com