It took me way to long to realize that happiness is not something that happens to you but something you create. For years I remember thinking, "I'll be happy when...." Through my yoga I learned waiting to be happy was a sure fire way to never obtain it. The other way to jeopardize your happiness is to constantly look at other people and ask why you aren't that happy. Seeing life and others that way prevents you from looking at your life and realizing that it is pretty awesome.
Learning to be happy stems from being around your parents and their ability to take pleasure in the simple things. I will say my mom is one of the happiest and most "sunny side" people I know so I am not sure how it escaped me for so long. No different that in my post about Karma, we need to model for our children that we should always have goals or desires but that if they don't come through they don't limit or prevent us from achieving happiness. We practice the yogic concept of non-attachment. Set the goal. Achieve or don't achieve. Accept it. Start again.
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