Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste. Charlotte Brontë
The kind of happiness that Brontë is referring to in today's quote is quite different than the kind I talked about in Monday's daily quote. That kind of happiness was the things we do or strive to do to fill us up. Today's happiness is organic. It comes through no real effort and has not real motivation oftentimes. It is simple and unconditional.
The happiness we are talking about today comes through the most unlikely things, the smallest gestures, the simplest of activities. And when we don't share it, getting to the point of the quote, it is dulled. Happiness unshared lacks the luster it should have. We should not hoard happiness for ourselves, we should share it so that it multiplies and acts as a domino train.* Think of yourself as the first domino that gets tipped over - allow yourself to get tipped over in happiness - and spark someone else with happiness so they can spark someone else and on and on. What lifts you? Is it a good cup of coffee? Cup of tea? A good book? A funny movie? Flowers? Beer night with the guys? Bowling with the group? You see what I'm saying. When I'm happy I can't help but share it, everyone I come into contact with benefits (and my husband wholeheartedly agrees! ha!) from my happiness because when I am truly happy and not faking it I can't help but not share it and it becomes sweeter the more I share it. And that leads to one last point - don't fake happiness. Don't even attempt to. Everyone knows when it's fake and trying to share that just leaves a bitter taste in their mouths as well as yours. If you can't be genuine in your happiness then just be genuine with where you are at that day. The hope is someone else in your life is experiencing genuine happiness, tipping over, and will spark it in you! :)
*I'm a visual kind of person so here's a video to help refresh your memory on domino trains. :)
The kind of happiness that Brontë is referring to in today's quote is quite different than the kind I talked about in Monday's daily quote. That kind of happiness was the things we do or strive to do to fill us up. Today's happiness is organic. It comes through no real effort and has not real motivation oftentimes. It is simple and unconditional.
The happiness we are talking about today comes through the most unlikely things, the smallest gestures, the simplest of activities. And when we don't share it, getting to the point of the quote, it is dulled. Happiness unshared lacks the luster it should have. We should not hoard happiness for ourselves, we should share it so that it multiplies and acts as a domino train.* Think of yourself as the first domino that gets tipped over - allow yourself to get tipped over in happiness - and spark someone else with happiness so they can spark someone else and on and on. What lifts you? Is it a good cup of coffee? Cup of tea? A good book? A funny movie? Flowers? Beer night with the guys? Bowling with the group? You see what I'm saying. When I'm happy I can't help but share it, everyone I come into contact with benefits (and my husband wholeheartedly agrees! ha!) from my happiness because when I am truly happy and not faking it I can't help but not share it and it becomes sweeter the more I share it. And that leads to one last point - don't fake happiness. Don't even attempt to. Everyone knows when it's fake and trying to share that just leaves a bitter taste in their mouths as well as yours. If you can't be genuine in your happiness then just be genuine with where you are at that day. The hope is someone else in your life is experiencing genuine happiness, tipping over, and will spark it in you! :)
*I'm a visual kind of person so here's a video to help refresh your memory on domino trains. :)
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