Feeling content

My recent trip to Naples. A quick getaway!

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Sometimes we think that once we have something we always wanted, we'll finally be happy...

if we just had the right friends, met the right guy, got the right job, had more money...

then we'll be happy, right? Wrong!

This kind of happiness has a short shelf life...
only fleeting moments...
then it slips through our fingers...
here and gone again.

The truth is that if we can't be happy without something,
we won't really be happy with it either...
for very long.

True happiness comes from how we feel inside...
the relationship we have with ourselves...
the way we are living our lives...
how much gratitude we feel...
and what we contribute to the world.

Don't depend on external things for your happiness.

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Pippi- trying to sneak in my overnight bag. I guess she wanted to go too. 

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"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have." --Unknown

"I have everything I need to be happy"