Don’t wish me happiness

“Don’t wish me happiness. I don’t expect to be happy all the time… It’s gotten beyond that somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor. I will need them all.” - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Preach Anne Marrow Lindbergh. Preach

Once upon a time I posted this quote up on one of the 8 bajillion social networking sites I'm connected to, and I remember someone making a comment about this quote being 'extremely depressing'.

And I was totally caught off guard because to me it had the opposite effect. Like, the complete opposite.

After looking it over and thinking on it, I'm sticking with my initial opinion.

I don't expect life to be easy by any means. In fact, I want things to be challenging and hard - otherwise I'm not growing, I'm not testing myself.

That being said, if things are going to be hard, if you're intentionally building that into your life, then you can't expect to be happy and jolly ALL the fucking time.

In fact, even if you DO decide to live a life of leisure - taking the more mellow path and trying to avoid the discomfort - I can guarantee you that'll only last a certain amount of time before the world is going to give you a wet willy, kick you in the ass, and then point and laugh as you run home crying to your mommy.

I don't wanna be babied. I don't want to be wished 'happiness'. Happy is the easy emotion; happiness is fleeting and superficial. Children wish to be happy; adults learn that to feel happy you need so much more than that. Contentment, Laughter. Love. The courage TO love.

Let the lord grant me with a strong heart and a lighthearted mind. Those things are the way to true happiness. With those you can do, accomplish, BE and get through anything.

To borrow a phrase from Dr Brené Brown - Let me have the courage to live like the WholeHearted live.

That's more fulfilling than happiness could ever be.