What will make you happy?

Have you ever said any of these things?

I will be happy when I get the right boyfriend.

I will be happy when I am finally married.

I will be happy when I finally have a baby.

I can finally be happy once we are divorced.

Or, maybe for you it was something smaller like:

I would be so happy if I could just have that designer bag.

I would be happy if I could have "those" jeans.

Do you realize that when you say these things, you are just putting off your happiness until the next big thing comes along?  Ask yourself, will you ever truly be happy if these things are what is filling your void?

As most of my posts, I am speaking to myself as much as to you.  I found myself, just today, measuring my happiness by "when I am done with these taxes, I will be so happy."  Then it hit me!

I am so very lucky to live in this amazing country-no matter how I feel about some of the choices of how our government spends my tax money.  

I am so lucky to be able to work for myself (which makes prepping for taxes all the more dreadful).

I am so lucky to have the financial stability to be able to pay these taxes.

I am so lucky to have ANYTHING!

It is so easy to get sucked into this life of comparing to "the Jones's".  Who sets these standards?  Who says what will make us happy?  Society? Ha!  

I look at what society says will make me happy and I want to move in the complete different direction.  

While I love some nice things in this world, I pray that I will be content with a simple and peaceful life. Do I enjoy nice things? Yes.  However, I do not want those nice things to consume me or my mind.

What will make me happy?

Fulfilling God's call for my life!

What has God called you to be?

Are you living a life chasing after what will make you happy?

Or are you happy now?  With what you have?  With where you are?  With what you are meant to be?

 Choose happiness in your circumstances!