As the days are fluctuating between 80 degrees and 30 degrees I’ve really had enough of it. I’m ready for summer.
So I obviously saw this while mindlessly scrolling Facebook on one of the 30 degree days:
“Encouraging a child to go outside in all weather builds resilience, but more importantly it saves them from spending their life merely tolerating the “bad” days in favor of a handful of “good” ones – a life of endless expectations and conditions where happiness hinges on sunshine.”
I don’t think this really applies to children though because no amount of going outside as a child made me like cold days in April as an adult.
I do want to do more than just tolerate the “bad” days and I don’t want there to be conditions on my happiness. But brains aren’t that easy.
Sometimes you have to take the dog for a long walk on that beautiful sunny day, and be grateful for that. And sometimes you have to be grouchy and suffer through one block and then eat macaroni and cheese on the couch under a blanket, and try to be grateful for that too.
I think it’s not so much that happiness has conditions. I just think happiness is hard. Gratitude is a little easier and I try to find that, even on the “bad” days.
