Are you happy?

I was sitting in the lobby and someone asked, "Are you happy?"

Now "happy" is quite a loaded word, so I simply said "yes" to steer away from a philosophical conversation that might stray toward a monolgue without a listener.

Happiness can be a nice feeling... I suppose the opposite, beyond "unhappy" might be described as "sad."

Feelings are quite dependent of what we hope for, what we want, what we are attached to, and what we expect and anticipate. When circumstance align with our desires, we sense "happy"... and when the situation is not what we want, we may sense a disappointment or "sadness."

Now in the midst of feeling the feeling, we often are not aware of why we feel the way we do. We are often simply lost in the sensation on the moment. Which is quite natural of course.

Then there is the moment after the moment... and it is the moment of discovery.

It is a time when we can become of aware of our mindset, our perspective, our viwpoint, our attachments, desires, and wishes. It is a time that throws light on our values and beliefs.

All of life is one connected energy system beyond our "individual" perspective and filters. Life continues to shine through the stained glass window of our form, usually labeled by caretakers. Let us be reminded that the distortions are a normal part of life... light may be consistent and is always refracted in some way by the form it passes through. I suspect the Infinite Source ...the Creator-ing of ALL is  One consistent energy and is also reflected in each aspect and creation.

One/Love/Light/Life/Energy... Infinite/Mystery

Our feeling often say more about the filter than the Source of Life Energy moving through All...