The recipe for happiness is not the same for all

There are weak people out there. Or , more accurately, we are all weak sometimes in life. Once in a while, we re all someone else's fool. We're not robots, we don't have something like virus recognition software, to know that person will poison our system, instead we have a heart. But at the same time, you re right to follow your heart, if you take your brain with you. And ultimately, the heart will always heal itself, giving it time and just a drop of love. Love starts with loving yourself, keeping your head high and "Always accept and feel comfortable with your flaws, that way no one can ever use them against you." –  Its the conscience thats a pain ...the brain, a different story....once you loose it, you re in real trouble. 

I am no judge, but for instance I cannot agree with people that change their religion. Goodness doesn't have to be branded. You don't have to be part of the Catholic church, or the Protestant church, to be able to love your peers and make a difference. That's why I think these people were lost somehow, they did not have a mind of their own, and got lured into thinking: oh, if you join us/ this or that church, you re saved. Its never too late to change your life for the better, and you don't need labels for that. If God is goodness, it doesn't matter its called Allah or Jesus. Practice goodness, patience, empathy. Find the goodness in yourself, and you will feel the peace you need to stay strong and not change who you were born.  The threshold of happiness generally is forever going lower and lower. We need more and more things and more and more stimulus to be happy....until when? We forgot how to appreciate the little things in life....we reduce it to money, fame, recognition, success, when in fact, happiness is:
 Falling in love.
 Laughing so hard your face hurts. 
 A hot shower.
No lines at the supermarket. 
 A special glance.
 Getting mail. 
 Taking a drive on a pretty road.
 Hearing your favorite song on the radio. 
 Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
 Hot towels fresh out of the dryer. 
 Chocolate milkshake ... (or vanilla ... or strawberry!)
 A bubble bath. 
 Giggling.
 A good conversation. 
 The beach
 Finding a 20-pound note in your coat from last winter.
 Laughing at yourself.
 Eye contact with a hot member of the opposite sex.
 Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
 Running through sprinklers. 
 Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
 Having someone tell you that you're beautiful/good looking. 
 Laughing at an inside joke.
 Friends. 
 Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
 Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep. 
 Your first kiss (either the very first or with a new partner).
 Making new friends or spending time with old ones.
 Playing with a new puppy.
 Having someone play with your hair.
 Sweet dreams.
 Hot chocolate. 
 Road trips with friends. 

 Swinging on swings. 
 Making chocolate chip cookies (and eating them...!).
 Having your friends send you homemade cookies.
 Holding hands with someone you care about.
 Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change.
 Watching the expression on someone's face as they open a much-desired present from you.
 Watching the sunrise.
 Getting out of bed every morning and being grateful for another beautiful day.
 Knowing that somebody misses you. 
 Getting a hug from someone you care about deeply.
 Knowing you've done the right thing, no matter what other people think.  

Its not easy. Relationships are complicated, and you know why? We created a world where : he/ she s like everyone else",  "i ll do to you what its been done to me" , "he/ she s not genuine"  and "who's fooling who" are the rules of the game. Too many relationships are convenient rather than genuine. We confuse small compromises with big compromises and big compromises with small. We forgot how to come clean, God forbid admitting to mistakes,  and we re too damn good to forgive.
We d rather leave the broken pieces on the floor and move on. I did it myself once or twice, I m no saint. But I acknowledge it. I recognize the road that brought me here. But I got to find myself once again, and feel that God loves me through all the lessons that I got. I ve lost a lot in the process, but somehow I feel brand new. I m still me,my heart is whole,the head is mine, ready to face it all and give it another try. I gained more than I lost, I feel a winer, and this IS happiness.

The list of little happinesses of every day goes on and on. The recipe for happiness is not the same for everybody. What makes me happy doesn't necessarily makes you, and what you go for, I may not go for.  Go on....think about what made you smile today, or indeed what brings happiness to you. And do that thing. Happy people create a happy world to leave to our children. Myself, I just want to raise a happy person. We forget how important that is, don't we? Be happy yourself and make others happy. Nothing else matters.

PS the quotes are of unknown but in case you didn't know, unknown is more often than not a women. Just saying