When I was very young, in my preteen years, I recall hearing people talk about a place that sounded really neat. It was a place of great happiness. Any reference to it ended ultimately in joy and happiness. I thought it must be a tropical place. A place called Someday Isle. It sounded like the place to seek. Years later I learned what was being said was Someday I'll ... It often went something like this: a little boy says, someday I'll start school and then I'll be happy. Then when he is in school he says, someday ill be in high school and then I'll be happy. While in high school he says, someday I'll have a girlfriend, then I'll be happy. He has the girlfriend and says, someday I'll get out of high school, then I'll be happy. Then it's someday I'll get married then I'll be happy. Then it's, someday I'll have kids then I'll be happy. Then it becomes, someday I'll have the kids in school then I'll be happy. Someday I'll have all the kids out of school on their own, then I'll be happy. Well, someday I'll retire, get an RV and travel, then I'll be happy. Then one day on the way to the grave the now old man will say, I forgot to live.
Happiness is something that can only be experienced in the present. If we don't learn to be happy now, some future event or thing won't bring it. Happiness is something we learn how to both do and experience. Let go of Someday Isle. Learn and do happiness now.
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