Happiness Is...

Hmm...come to think of it, this was pretty much what got me interested in blogging in the first place.
So my initial plan was to have a blog with the tag 'The Little Things' (that make me happy). But then when I did my research, a couple of bloggers had beat me to it. That kinda made me lose the 'ginger' to start up.
But then, here you have it, and a little chat with a friend of mine brought about the idea once again.
This will be posted in parts into a 'few' categories, cause there are a whole lot of 'little' things that never cease to make me smile...
Pretty sure you can relate :)

Music
'One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain' - Bob Marley

   

 

 

 

This!!! *swoons*

Movies
'Every great film should seem new every time you see it' - Roger Ebert

Sleep
'Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful- just plain happier...' - Roger Ebert

                                 

                                   

                                             
                                    

There are soooo many things that don't cost a dime but yet are worth more than gold, rubies and diamonds all wrapped in one.

Sit back, think on these things and tell me...What's your 'happy'?

Tick Tock...

Never thought I would ever say this so soon but...I'm getting old. *bursts out in tears*
I had a bit of a moment on my way to work today. Whilst listening to music at the loudest volume with my earphones plugged in (this is a necessity in Lagos traffic...especially when you're in a public bus, trust me. If not for anything but to shoo away the weirdos who always seem to have a very 'important' question to ask you) Taylor Swift's 22 was playing and of course, the chorus got me singing along.

There I was in the passenger seat nodding my head to the beat;
' I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22...'

Then it hit me...I was 22 three years ago! THREE years!!! Where the heck did time go???

And as if that wasn't enough trauma for me, The Wonder Years by Jon Bellion came next on my playlist. The lyrics?
'So take me back to the days when I was younger all this bulls**t is overrated...'


Like seriously?
Gee, thanks guys...thanks for making me feel young again.

Urgh. I had a list of so many things I planned to have gotten off my plate by now.
And yes, I know what the 'African minds' are thinking. Marriage was on that list. Happy now? *rolls eyes*

But then, I realize how MUCH more by His grace I have achieved beyond my original plans and Jeremiah 29 verse 11 comes to mind;
'For I know the thoughts I have towards you, thoughts of good and not of evil, to give you a hope and a future, an expected end'


Or like The Message translation puts it;
'I know what I am doing. I have it all planned out - plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for'

Plus, He rightly said in Isaiah 55 verse 9;
'For just as the sky is higher than the earth so are my deeds superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.'

That word 'superior' lays it all to rest. Cause if He decides to show me a glimpse of the awesome things He has set up for my future, age would be the least of my concerns.
But really though, it's not that big a deal. 25 IS young (I mean, I'm not even 25 yet and a lot can happen in a space of six months) but I've still got so much to do with so little time to make my mark on this world.
And if not now, when?

'If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin' - Ivan Turgenev