I’m Happy Now

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Oh, the ever-elusive quest for happiness. It seems to dangle just out of reach. At times, we grasp it briefly—only to feel it slip through our fingers.

Is happiness fleeting? Perhaps. But as I contemplate the sweetness of God and His creation, I remember to look around at the simplicity of earthly beauty. It is filled with heavenly happiness.

When I was a child, I remember running outside at night trying to catch fireflies in the summer. It was sheer bliss. When I look back on my life, there are so many moments that stand out as happy ones—from holidays to childhood ski vacations to landing my first job to getting married and having children. These are the big events.

But then there are the little ones. The everyday ones that are sometimes harder to find.

Last week, my dad went home to be with the Lord. The last couple of years had seemed stripped of much earthly happiness as he struggled with the weight of daily life.

Dad passed in the wee hours of the morning. Later that same day, he whispered to my mom,

“I’m happy now.”

Perhaps finding happiness is not meant to be fully grasped here. Perhaps it is a foretaste of something to come.

We never know when life will take a turn. Finding joy and happiness in each day is essential to wholeness. Not because life is always easy—but because even in sorrow, beauty remains.

This morning, Mom and I took a drive to the beach to listen to the birds, stare at the bright blue ocean, and find beautifully painted seashells along the boardwalk.

Each day offers little bits of happiness for us to notice. Some days they are harder to find. But if we remember to look, we will see them.

I know some days can be dark. However, God is still with us—showing us that beauty and happiness will always outweigh the darkness.

And maybe, in the end, happiness is not something we chase.

Perhaps it is Someone who waits for us.