All in the mind.

The quintessential key to happiness hides behind a myriad of different circumstances.

Recorded past and the promised future set the standards to be met before joy will bring itself to the present.

Yet two people leading similar lives with identical chronology may still present themselves with oddly different levels of happiness.

Is it just a matter of point of view?

How you see the world; Be it under a rainbow, sunshine or the dark of night. All that happiness needs is a warm smile and cheery disposition. True?

Think happy and be happy.

Joy is a state of mind. Elation is the end result of merely gaining what you think you want or need.

Ask for a dime and someone gives you a dollar. Wouldn't you be happy? Dream of a car and Dad buys you a Porsche. Wouldn't you be glad? Or win that all important competition you've been training all year round for. Can you imagine such joy?

So knowing exactly what you want would be knwoing just what will make you happy. But is that really the case?

Take awhile to ponder. What is it that will make you happy? What would that perfect life be like for you? What is your heaven?

Could anyone really find the answer to this? Is there such a thing as an achievable and incomparable joy? One that is soothing and everlasting?

Perhaps there is. But will you realise your happiness when it is there? Or will you be unaware of your state of happiness untill the day when sadness comes to consume it?

You have to keep asking yourself what your definition of joy would be. No doubt it is closely tied to what you care about and what life looks like to you. Search for that happiness that hides deep in the recluses of thought. Would you ever find it? Will you ever achieve that satisfaction?

Perhaps it's best to find satisfaction in what you already have. Such is an easier and more achievable objective. Rather than trying to find satisfaction by chasing after a dream of what may be your perfect life that you so greatly yearn for.

An ill-achieved dream will only give way to disappointment. Be thankful for what you have and happiness will be close at hand. Wouldn't you think so?

But how easy is it for you to be thankful for what you already have?

It's all in the mind.