Happiness is not so much elusive as variable. What makes you happy at one time can be a real turn-off at another. I am no longer enthused about wild night-long parties or visits to the toy shop. Okay, let me take that back. The toy shop has just changed to a store where they sell model railroad supplies. So yeah, the toys change, but the boy still plays.
Festivities are the same way. Intense New Year’s doesn’t do it. But an afternoon spent with the family watching Santa arrive in town by boat really makes me happy. Sure, all the ballyhoo, the mayor‘s speech, Santa opening the Christmas season, and the lighting of the tree are a bit hokey. But they turn me on more effectively than some boozy get-together with maudlin sentiments.
Finding what makes you happy is essential, not just doing what gets others revved up.
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Santa arrives by BOAT? That is very cool indeed!
It does in many coastal communities in New England.
I love the idea of a boat Santa. As for what gets others “revved up”? I wonder if a lot of the revved up in our lives is because we’ve been hyped to believe we should be revved up? But the longer I live, the less I really understand about people. 😀
You are right. a lot of it is a sales job.
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An evening home with kids and grandkids is my happy place