There was a quote I came across online quite recently. It said this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The biggest lie we’re told is “Be with someone who makes you happy” The truth is, Happiness is something you create on your own. Be with someone who adds to it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Nothing could be further from the truth of this statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We shouldn’t need anyone else to validate or make our own happiness or well-being. It is nice to have someone by your side who makes you smile and feel happy; but it isn’t their job, nor purpose to keep or make you happy. If that’s what you depend on to be happy, then it is easy for resentment to set in, when the honeymoon period is over or when things get rough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, find your own happiness, not depend on another for it. Do things that make you happy. Be comfortable with yourself, doing things yourself, knowing that you are the master of your own happiness. Be a self-sufficient, confident individual first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Should the time come that someone comes along, that builds up or adds to this state of happiness and contentment, be it participating in a madcap adventure, or just quietly reflecting on life on a walk in the park; that is a bonus and something to cherish and be grateful for. If it is someone who will share your worries and anxieties, be there when the road gets bumpy, spend hours waiting with you in a cold hospital, and still make you smile with their lame jokes, that is something to be doubly grateful for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seizing Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This year has been quite a year for opportunities, both in a personal and professional sense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve sought and had opportunities thrust on me, in ways most unexpected. For the most part, I have recognised them as what they are – a window of opportunity, whether it be to meet new people, or to hone my creative side, and seized it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results have surprised me, in many ways. But mostly positively. I’ve learnt to step outside my comfort zone, to open up and allow people in, and to try something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m grateful and thankful at having had these opportunities, and more important, for recognizing them as such, and carpe<\/em>-ing the hell out of the diem <\/em>\ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n