Happiness
I recently read The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin for my book club. It is not my usual type of read but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I appreciated how she used real examples and stories to illustrate how she was trying to accomplish her goal of being happier. It has prompted me to think about my own happiness. Like she said in the beginning of her book, I also have a great life and am very happy. I'm healthy, I have a loving and healthy marriage, I get to spend my time raising four wonderful little people whom I love very much and I live in a beautiful, peaceful, comfortable place. But could I be happier? Can't we all? I would certainly be happier if I lost 20 pounds and didn't feel fat in just about every shirt I wore. Even more so I'd be happier if I had the self-discipline to exercise and eat better to make that happen. I think I would be happier if I talked more kindly to my children. I'd probably be happier if I spent more of my...