100 Happy Days

Today I created a photo album on my favorite social network entitled, "100 Happy Days - 2017".  I must admit that the idea for this album was not mine but it was the brain child of my daughter, Nina.  She had created a "100 Happy Days" album back in 2016 and each day I was so excited to see what she posted and to share in her happiness.  Honestly, the happiness that I derived from her happiness made me decide to create my own happiness album back in 2016 and it was such an uplifting experience that I decided to do it all again this year.  So for the next 100 days, I will share, with all of my social network pals, photo's of the people, places and things that make this fifty-something year old happy.

What is so cool about this project is that every day I will be making a conscious effort to be mindful of all of the little nuances of life going on all around me.  Like tonight, I noticed that my wife's rosebushes were all in full bloom.  So I took a moment and appreciated the spectacular beauty that was on display at The Kirbarosa and then I snapped one of my Bill Kirby photo's and posted it to my 100 Happy Days album for all of my friends to enjoy also.

As I created my happiness album today, I was thinking about some quote that was stuck way in the back of my Bill Kirby brain that goes something like this: "Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket."  And that's the beauty of the 100 Happy Days album.  It allows me to unlock my own happiness.  As I stood there looking at all of those roses tonight, I was reminded of the day that Donna and I planted those rosebushes at our new home a few years ago.  It was such a fun time.  All of which led to me capturing a thought, an emotion if you will, that would never have been realized if I hadn't taken the time to unlock my own happiness.

I have no idea where the next 100 days will take me but no matter where I go I do know that happiness will be waiting for me.

Be well.

Bill