Happiness & Heartache

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Denis Waitley
American Author and Motivational Speaker

It seems that every moment of happiness comes with its fair share of heartache or sadness. You can’t have one without the other. Hand in hand, so to speak. At least it seems to be that way in my life and I am sure in many others of you out there.

yet I still hold hope in the palm of my hand as I let others hold my heart in theirs. Have I been foolish to allow others to care for my heart? Maybe, but that is just me. I am perhaps too trusting of others. At this point in my life it is a bit too late to become cynical; it is just not in me to be so.

For 5 years now I have trusted my heart to someone. Has he always carried it with care? Mostly. And yet as much as I have been hurt, I trust that he will still be there at the end of all things. Is this a foolish act on my part? Maybe, but without trust what do you have left? Nothing. I trust that the love is strong enough after all this time spent that it can survive most anything placed before it.

Honesty has been my triumph and my downfall. It can be a good and bad thing. It is all in the presentation and the meaning behind it. Something can be well meant, but it can still cut like a knife once spoken. Still, I prefer the honesty over covert lies or incomplete truths. My haven in all this is that I still love and am still capable to forgive any hurts brought to me. It is not the end of the world. Life goes on… and I know deep down the love is reciprocated.

There are times when it is hard to believe in the future, when we are temporarily just not brave enough. When this happens, concentrate on the present. Cultivate le petit bonheur (the little happiness) until courage returns. Look forward to the beauty of the next moment, the next hour, the promise of a good meal, sleep, a book, a movie, the likelihood that tonight the stars will shine and tomorrow the sun will shine. Sink roots into the present until the strength grows to think about tomorrow.

Ardis Whitman

I get stronger with every every step taken. This is just a stumbling block in my path of life. We have to take these stumbles to learn and grow from life’s experiences. I still love deeply and without regret. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Can a heart bleed? Yes, with every single teardrop.

Phoenix

Time will heal my heartache. I just need to feel strong, loving arms enfolding me and hear the words telling me it will be OK, because I AM loved.

My faith, when all is said and done, shall not waver because I know he loves me.