Weekend Quote: Missing Happiness

Hey guys, I’m popping in real quick while the husband is sleeping to share this weekend’s quote.

It’s funny. I don’t normally set out to find a relevant quote to blog about, I just happen to come across one that makes sense for what’s going on at the time. This week it was this…

“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” — William Feather

Now, of course this is easy for me to say at the moment because I’m on vacation stopping to enjoy some “happiness,” but I actually try to live most days like this. It’s why I let the kids laundry bomb and sit in the car dancing when we come home from running errands. It’s why I stay up too late waiting to spend some time with the husband. It’s why I stop on runs to take pictures or enjoy the sights. Honestly, it’s why I love snapping shots for Instagram.

Everything I post is something that made me smile in some way.

I don’t know about you but I’m keenly aware life is not only short but quick. I know my kids won’t be kids for ever, I’m aware I won’t be able to do the things I do now forever, like running, and frankly, I pray I get a chance to grow old with The Husband.

I’m trying to live my life in a way I won’t look back with regrets, even though I know I still will. I’m just hoping I’ll be able to at least say I did my best to stop and enjoy it.

That being said, I’m off to enjoy a run! :)

Yesterday The Husband and I did a little shopping and I got a great deal on those sneaks and matching top. I fell in love with them!

OK, guys, I have to go and enjoy some happiness — have a great weekend!

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Weekend Quote: The Warm Glow of Happiness

I snapped that picture of Little Bean this week before a run on Tuesday. Doesn’t he look happy? Honestly, he’s almost always happy and it’s seriously contagious.

His almost constant smile got me thinking about my own happiness.

Do I need to weigh a certain amount? Look a certain way? Wear a certain size to be happy?

OR

And this may sound too simple to be true but… Do I just need to live the active life I want to live?

“I had looked for happiness in fast living, but it was not there. I tried to find it in money, but it was not there either. But when I placed myself in tune with what I believe to be the fundamental truths of life, when I began to develop my limited ability, to rid my mind of all kinds of tangled thoughts, and fill it with zeal and courage and love, when I gave myself a chance by treating myself decently and sensibly, I began to feel the stimulating, warm glow of happiness.” -Edward Young

My favorite part… "rid my mind of all kinds of tangled thoughts."

That’s my goal.

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