Happiness...

I just watched a documentary on Netflix called "Happy". Such a small simple word right? Happy. Then why is it such a daunting, painful, and arduous task to achieve? Research shows, according to this film, that Happiness is 50% genetics (family history of depression), 10% circumstances(those things that affect us, illness, tragedy, our work etc.) and 40% intention. In that 40% is where the truth lies -our intention for happiness. 

I always thought of myself as an innately happy person who under certain circumstances, divorce, death of a loved one, loss of a job, illness, I suffered and was sad and at times devastated beyond reason, it passed and I regained happiness again. My joy eventually returned. This has been consistent. So what is it about me that allows me to find that joy? I can put it into some words that are embraced by moments.

* Faith                                    

* Loving fully

* Compassion

* Reflection

* Family

* Hope

* God

* Nature

* Strangers

* Friends

* A City that I love

* Travel

* My dog

* Children (mine and others)

* Animals

* Yoga

* Meditation

* Gratitude

* Feeding someone who is hungry

* Giving

* Crying

* Laughter

* Good food

* Moments of purity

Happiness to me comes in small moments as well as remarkably big ones. In order to help you see what I see....well, you will see it as I capture it in some of my pictures. My photos are an extension of my many moments of joy.