Can I ask you something?

Are you happy?
Like REALLY happy on a soul level.

💖 The kind of happy that is contagious & lets you shine from inside.
💖 The kind of happy that has NOTHING to do with whatever is going on around you.
💖 The kind of happy that gives you peace even if you are simultaneously sad.

#storytime.

My cousin from Louisiana, came down to visit last week while she was up in Buffalo for the 4th.

I think this may have been the first time ever, that we were alone without children or moms hoovering about. Which meant - we could talk about ANYTHING without the worry of ears.

Inevitably we started talking about the mundaness of everyday life, especially as moms & she commented something about the fact that my life is filled with adventure and excitement.

🤣 I laughed.

MY life?
I spend most of it working, driving or momming.
Sure I go out and have fun every so often... but I'm not over here planning adventures like I dream of.

She countered with the fact that my time out just seems more fun than what most people have.
And, that's when it hit me.

It isn't about the fact that I get more time away than anyone else.
It's the way I use my time to feed my soul.

🤗 I'm HAPPY
Genuinely. To the depths of my deepest core - I am at complete and total peace.

That doesn't mean I don't wish things were different sometimes.
I'm human - of course I do.

That doesn't mean I don’t cry.
If you know me, then you know I cry - A LOT!

I decided a long time ago that I want life to be an adventure.
Therefore, I make it fun.

🦄 I take risks.
🦄 I want to learn everything about everyone I meet.
🦄 I’m done bonding over negative shit… bring on the good and let’s celebrate instead of commiserate.
🦄 I don’t care what it is that you do or how you live your life so long as it doesn’t infringe upon another person’s safety.
🦄 I let go of grudges, they were wasting so much space in my heart.
🦄 I feel my feelings as they come in and let them pass through me.
🦄 I choose happy amid chaos and sadness.
🦄 I choose me.

This is your reminder that you deserve to life a life you don’t hate.
So if you aren’t already doing that… then let’s change that!