Happiness Is Not Always Where You Think It Should Be

We think so many things in this world will make us happy. Enough money in the bank, movie night, that new car or maybe good grades. But it wasn't until my Husband and I started gradually moving our furniture to storage that I've felt really, really happy. We eat on stacks of blankets at the hope chest instead of the kitchen table. We aren't even high enough up to see into serving bowls that rest on the hope chest. I thought that would irritate me, but it really is fun. It's a surprise every time you dip back into the bowl, never knowing what you may come out with. Or coming up with new ways to sit so that you get a little bit taller. We have only two pieces of furniture in our entire living room right now, which makes it look so lonely in the day time. But what people don't know is: with all this empty, open space, it's perfect for nighttime pillow fights. We can be so serious at times, we forget how to let loose. How to let it all go and relax. Be ourselves! Act childish! Having fun doesn't have to be mature all the time. It's the little things indeed. The little things that make us smile the most, the little things that we never realize we need so much. They contribute so much to our long days, our busy lives and our hectic lifestyles. We need those little things so much! And I'm very glad I get a good chance to have them.