“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking forit. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have acheived a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever.” Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love
I am like a fish swimming in water made of good things. I am supported and nurtured by all of these blessings, but I am so accustomed to them that I forget they are there. Instead I focus my energy on the obstacles, the disruptions. I need to remember to see the good things, to see the water. I need to continually strive to participate in the joyful things which surround me daily. I can choose happiness.
Someday I may find myself a fish in the desert. If that time comes, I hope that I can still find joy and happiness in the dew. I hope I can still choose happiness.