© irene waters 2017
Happiness
© irene waters 2017
can be allowing the child within us to have joy at simple things
© irene waters 2017
Nothing makes a mother happier than her family unless it is the happiness of having finished that jig saw puzzle. This happiness though is momentary in comparison.
© irene waters 2017
Friends make you happy
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And love – what greater happiness is there than in those early days, planning marriage, eating out with friends.
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Happiness is anticipation of an event yet to happen. A tummy rub does look possible.
© irene waters 2017
Happiness is being in the moment, momentary, short-lived. But unlike Henry Miller who wrote in his book Big Sur and the Oranges of Heironymus Bosch that at the “moment in his life when he felt so good, so thoroughly attuned, that he has been on the point of exclaiming: “Ah now is the time to die!” What is it lurks here in the very heart of euphoria? The thought that it will not, can not last? The sense of an ultimate.”
© irene waters 2017
At this point, the point of ultimate happiness, I don’t wish to die. I know it will not last but I know that I can climb out of any valley into which I tumble and those downward troughs just serve to make me appreciate the heights that much more.
In response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Wonderful photos and sentiments of happiness! 🙂
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Thank you.
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I so needed this. Right now. Tonight. Just seeing this post made me happy. (Lovely quote, too.) Thank you for sharing this.
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I’m glad it made you happy Sarah. Sometimes infectious faces, likes laughs, can rub off.
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Joy in every photo – quite an achievement. And look at you and Roger when you were just starting out – the best photo!
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Aw shucks. Thanks Sharon. The biggest change is in the hair. We still hold hands. Happy.
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Nice healthy happy people and dog. Wonderful post.
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Thanks Cee.
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