Day 1: Happiness Jar

I am in pursuit. In pursuit of some many, many things. All the big and little things. Today and every day.

One day in early December I was fumbling around on Instagram and came across a repost of a post by Elizabeth Gilbert. You all know her… author of Eat, Pray, Love. Completely random, I know, but I started looking at her posts and 3 minutes turned into 15, and that turned into 30. You all know how that weird time continuum works whenever social media is involved. So anyway, I stumbled up this post of hers with this enormous jar filled with tiny pieces of paper.

It was a “Happiness Jar.” The premise of the jar is that each day you take a moment to pause and write your most happy moment. I was mildly intrigued by this idea, but wasn’t sold yet. I continued to read her post and was brought to a halt by the string of words she used to describe the experience of this daily spiritual practice.

She writes: “Give yourself this gift… it’s a wonderful way to bear witness to the almost invisible thread of grace that weaves through your own life.”

So today, “my happy” as I call it, was laughter. The laughter that prevails over stress. The laughter that superceeds circumstance. The laughter that for just a moment makes you feel like a care-free kid again. I know this might seem ordinary, but to me, laughter is like breathing. I cannot live without. I am, by all accounts, blessed to be surrounded by a few people, 5 or so, that fill me up with so much laughter.

I am in pursuit. In pursuit of some many, many things. All the big and little things. Today and every day.