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What makes me happy?

Day 1: January 1, 2012 ~ 30-day Blog Challenge prompt is “What makes you happy?”

Happiness is a spiritual quality. Happiness is a condition of the soul and not the physical body. There are can be material and physical ingredients in a happy moment, but true happiness and contentment come from the soul or spirit.

True happiness depends on spiritual good and having the heart ever open to receive the Divine Bounty.
(Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 108)

What makes me happy? This is not an easy question to answer because many things make me happy. I am always finding something new to make me happy and add to my happiness list. Below is a partial list

Prayers and scriptures revealed by Baha’u’llah and the Bab
The writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha
Morning prayers
A large bowl of blackeyed peas that I cooked myself
Reading and writing poetry
Science fiction and fantasy
A good movie
Sunrise and sunset
Snow on Mount Charleston
The daily text from one of my brothers
Chocolate and coffee either separately or together
Sunday morning comics
Having health insurance even if it is only Medicare
Shows on the History Channel and The Animal Planet
My mother especially when she says something funny
etc.

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