Find Your Happy Place in 3 Easy Steps
Wouldn’t it be nice if all we had to do to find our “Happy Place” was to follow 3 easy prescribed steps?”
Everyone would be happy, nirvana would reign and life would always be a “heaven on earth”….”No more worries, I’m in my happy place!”
If one is to believe what the internet has to offer; there are a myriad of ways to do just that! Head to Google search to discover 10 steps to Discover your Happy Place, how to Go to Your Happy Place, and exactly Where is your Happy Place. There are even images for How to Find your Happy Place.
Most of the information in the above articles are great, don’t get me wrong, but my problem here is with the premise that we must be in a happy place all the time or something is terribly wrong with us.
Anything less than happy is a big fat fail, heaven help us when we have a down day.
Our happy place score is zero if we momentarily lose a few coping skills or have difficulty dealing with a painful situation. And by all means, don’t you dare admit this to anyone… for solutions, pills, psychiatrists and the like will be thrown your way from all directions. No one is quite comfortable around the unhappy and will immediately run in the other direction or set about fixing the “unnatural” problem.
I believe their is a place for pills, psychiatrists, psychologists and alternate solutions for those who find themselves in an un-“happy place” for an extended period of time and need a little boost to get going again. However, we do ourselves a huge injustice when we fail to recognize that there are seasons in our lives, and sometimes happy isn’t the one that we’re in.
Ecclesiastes 3, says it best…
There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on earth:
A right time for birth and another for death,
A right time to plant and another to reap,
A right time to kill and another to heal,
A right time to destroy and another to construct,
A right time to cry and another to laugh…
Be encouraged today friends…we all go through seasons in our lives. The great thing about seasons? They never last forever.
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What a great post! Wise words and beautiful photos! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Thanks Marci, I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Blessings,
Shari
I love this, it is so true, we expect or are expected to always be okay. Acknowledging this isn’t the case is a great step in knowing how to cope! Thanks so much for linking up at Wake Me Up Wednesday 🙂
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It has taken a lot of heartache for me to learn this truth. I appreciate you stopping by and taking a moment to share. I enjoyed your party and look forward to linking up regularly.
Blessings,
Shari
Pinning! Thanks for linking up with the Four Seasons Blog Hop! Sandra from Scrumptilicious4You
Always a pleasure!
So spiritual and calming. Marilyn from Merry Mondays. Thx for you entries. I hope you add again next week
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I am glad you enjoyed it Marilyn. I will do my best to make it to your party again next week. It is always a good time! Blessings, Shari
Beeee-u-tiful!! I am hoping when our room renno is done I will find one I can visit any time!
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Everyone needs a happy place! Thanks for stopping in. Blessings, Shari
What a fun place! Pictures are breathtaking! Pinned. Thanks again! Lou Lou Girls
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Thank you, it really was a beautiful place to spend the weekend. Definitely provided a little happy! Blessings, Shari
What gorgeous pictures. I use to look for that happy place all the time, until I decided to give all my worries to God. Let him worry about my problems and I can enjoy life. I loved reading your words on this Monday morning. Thank you.
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My feelings exactly Tammy. No matter where I am on this journey of life, I know that He has my best interests at heart and will help me through whatever I face. With such a great love, I can simply be! I love it!
Blessings, Shari
Gorgeous photos and it looks so peaceful! stopping by from My Pinterventures. Always enjoy your posts!
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Thank you! Glad you stopped by, your party’s are always a great adventure of learning new things and a feast for the eyes and tummy!
Blessings…Shari
Thanks so much for sharing this at Spiritual Sundays! I hope you’ll come back and join us again soon– want to be a co-host?
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You are welcome Brittany. Just this past week I did my first co-host with Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop which I will be involved in all month. It has been fun and a lot of hard work. I appreciate the offer; at this time I am not sure if I want to commit to another one. I will surely continue to share at your link up and keep the opportunity in mind. So glad you stopped by!
Blessings,
Shari
Thank you so much for stopping by The Weekend Social Link Party over at Kitchen Dreaming. Hope to see you next time!
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You’re welcome Dina… I hope to be there!
LOVE these beautiful pictures! So glad to co-host with you AND bloggy friends. You’re amazing and continually surprise me with your talents. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
If I didn’t love you before, your beautiful comments just sealed the deal! Thanks Carrie, and right back at ya! Blessings…Shari
I just adore being in the mountains, and your photos did not disappoint. Thanks for them and the truthful message.
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I am so glad you liked them Stephanie! The mountains were so peaceful and serene, it was hard tearing myself away to come back to civilization! Thank you for stopping by and linking up your great post! Have a wonderful rest of your week…Shari
Thats place is almost a paradise. Amazing landscape and the facilities are so organic! Thanks for sharing these amazing photos #WW
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The weekend was so peaceful. There is something to be said for getting back to nature. Thanks for stopping by and taking a moment to comment! I appreciate each and every one! Blessings…Shari
I just got back from a week at my happy place!
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How beautiful Rhonda, I have always wanted to go to the Samoan Islands. I hear they are beautiful. Your lovely pictures confirmed it! Blessings…Shari
What a lovely quaint place love your photos 😉
Have a happytastic week 😉
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Thanks Steve. It is peaceful and serene in the mountains, always one of my “happy places!”
Wow – your thoughts ring so true! Thank you for saying them. BTW – I think I have found one of MY happy places – in that natural hot tub! At first I thought it was an outhouse and I was wondering where you were going with the post ;), then I saw the tub! Excellent!
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Kinda sneaks up on you, when you’re not looking 🙂 That Hot tub is phenomenal! Thanks for the kind words and for stopping by and sharing them. Blessings…Shari
I definitely prefer to stay in a happy place. Sometimes it’s hard to embrace being elsewhere, but that’s where we grow. Thanks for the reminder. Pinned.
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I agree Linda, I would take happy every single time, it feels good. But, I know I would be missing out and eventually grow stagnant and uninteresting. So bring on the hard times (did I just say that in my outside voice 🙂 )
Just a wonderful post to read on a Monday morning, thank you for this. And really, it looks like you live in an eternal happy place! Such gorgeous photos.
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You are so sweet! I definitely don’t live in an eternal happy place but I am learning that it’s is probably a bad idea anyway. Happy is good, but life works so much better when there is a little sand in the oyster shell…beautiful pearls are then formed. Thank you for the kind comments. Blessings…Shari
Beautiful, thought-provoking post, Shari! Yes, we treat pain as abnormal, and think that a constant state of happiness should be the norm. It’s the pain we go through that “grows” us, deepens us. A friend of mine and I used to say to each other when we were having a difficult day, “I’m having a growth day.” 🙂 I will admit, some days I’m tired of growing. 😉
Stunning photography!
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I love that you get it Joy… sometimes I wonder if what I am trying to say comes through to my readers. Life is wonderfully hard. The seasons of difficulty only serve to enrich us and makes the “happy times” so much sweeter. Hang in there my friend. This season won’t last forever and always know if you need a shoulder I will be there for you. Blessings…Shari
Love, love the pictures you shared and will say I try daily to find a little piece of happiness, but love your tips 🙂
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Thanks Janine. It was fun taking pictures on this trip, so many beautiful things to capture. I appreciate you stopping in. Have a wonderful week…Shari
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Shari,
What beautiful pictures! It looks like a great place to get a way and find peace and comfort with God. Our Happiness should come in knowing that God is in control of everything. We may never know why we have so many struggles in our life, but God does. We will one day know OR one day it wont matter anymore. I agree, every season is temporary.
Blessings,
Diane Roark
That is so true Diane, inner peace comes from knowing God and trusting Him that He has a plan for our life, no matter what the circumstances may look like. Thank you so much for your insightful comments. I am so glad that we have had through the medium of blogging, the opportunity to meet and become friends. I look forward to getting to know you even better.
Shari