So, happiness is this simple?

A trip to the BabySpa and a very happy baby after the swim inspired this post. I'm overwhelmed (in a good way) with emotions and so please pardon me while verbal diarrhoea begins...

If you've read my other blog, you will know that for the longest time, I've been trying to be happy. I was an extremely happy and contented person when I was younger. Then Situation A changed everything. I became 'broken', and rather damaged emotionally. I still am, but that's another story.

(Disclaimer: It's not the husband, okay? If it was him, I'd have said bye bye and we won't have a baby. Just sayin'.)

I tried searching for 'happiness' in the littlest of things.

I tried crafting.

I tried cleaning up the clutter.

I tried to organise.

I tried to enjoy the date nights the husband planned.

I like these things and I really do enjoy them. But these 'happiness' were all short-lived, it seemed. It was just a vicious cycle because Person X or Situation X would just come by and ruin everything, and I fall into this black hole of negativity.

Until I became a momma.

All of a sudden, happiness became really simple.

A smile from Lil' J.

A coo.

A chuckle.

A squeal.

A babble.

A developmental milestone achieved.

A poopy diaper after three days of no-poop.

And like today, a happy baby.

A baby whom I knew, enjoyed her swim because she smiled so much to the staff. (That's a record since she's usually quite cool - no smiles!)

These little things just make my heart burst with joy and I know, I am truly happy. Deep-down-from-the-bottom-of-my-heart kind of happy.

So, happiness can really be this simple.

**Situation X still comes around and ruin my day at times. That I can't change.

A friend advised that the only thing I can change would be my response and attitude towards it. That I can't promise, because it still drives me crazy.

What I do know is that as long as I keep baby happy, I would be too.

Thank you for listening! :)