This is the only time that I have to update my blog. I was supposed to rant and rave about my new job and my new work but I stumbled upon this article written by Bo Sanchez.

It’s about happiness and how we have this crazy propensity to complicate our lives and overlook the simple things that can make us happy.

This is a source of inspiration for me this week so I just need to share it.

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HAPPINESS
Bo Sanchez

I'm in Tagaytay right now and life is glorious up here. I was able to borrow from a friend her pretty house that sits right on the ridge - with a porch overlooking the breathtaking Taal lake and Taal Volcano.

It's early morning and the view is majestic. I breathe this all in as I sit on a nice wooden chair, in front of a tiny table -- where my coffee cup rests. Not a styropor or plastic cup, mind you, But china. So that it makes nice "tinkling" sounds when you swirl your teaspoon around.

Actually, I'm not a coffee drinker. But the entire scene "demanded" that I drink one. While I do this, I read a good, fat book. Ahhhh Why is life sooooooooo good? Life is beautiful.

If there's one thing that defines me, it's this line: I know how to get a kick out of life. Enjoying life is my master skill. I'm able to squeeze every drop of joy and blessing from the simplest, most ordinary experiences of each day. (Even the most painful ones! But that's another story.)

Actually, I don't need the Taal lake to make me happy. I don't need the wooden chair or the tiny table or the coffee cup. I don't need the good, fat book. I just need to be me - and I'm happy with me! I actually like my company!

Some people are very "iffy" about their happiness. "If I get a new job, then I'll be happy" or "If I get married, then I'll be happy" or "If I get a car, then I'll be happy" or "If I'll buy a house, then I'll be happy."

They've got one rude awakening coming up real soon. Because the truth is, if they're not happy now, where they are, they won't be happy no matter what happens to them.

Some people create elaborate, complicated sometimes impossible rules to experience happiness in their lives. Like "Unless everyone loves me and accepts me, I'll never be happy" Pretty insane, right?

Some have other types of complicated rules to gaining happiness: "I will be happy only if I'll be able to buy a BMW, wear an Armani, a Rolex watch.."

Poor creatures!

Others are such demanding lovers that they're doomed to always be unhappy in their relationships. They say "I'll be happy only if my beloved will wait for me 24 hours a day, think of me always, serve me attentively, and eat, walk, talk, breathe for me."

God have mercy on their loved ones.

My conditions to experiencing happiness are pretty simple:

If I breathe normally, I'll be happy.. If I feel my heart pumping in my chest, I'll be happy. If the sun shines today, I'll be happy - even if the sun shines behind storm clouds! If I'm able to smile, I'll be happy. If I'll be able to love someone in whatever small way, I'll be happy. And most of all, if God loves me, I'll be really happy. (When doesn't He?)

Haven't you noticed? I cheat on life. Because I make my own rule to experiencing happiness and I make them so simple, they're stacked on my favor.

I have a suggestion for you. Examine your conditions for happiness now.
They may be too darn complicated, you'll never be happy in your life.

Too bad.

Because life is too beautiful to miss out.