... not a destination.

I'm trying to get caught up on OTH ... yadda yadda yadda

And during this conversation I was thinking, 'Huh, that's true. Wait, I already knew that. I mean deep down I guess I already knew that.' But still. Sometimes the obvious needs to be pointed out.

Julian: So, I've been thinking about this whole being happy thing, especially since I've been doing this documentary. And I feel like people get lost when they think of happiness as a destination.
Brooke: Like how do you mean?
Julian: Well, we're always thinking someday we'll be happy. You know we'll get that car or that job or that person in our lives who'll fix everything. But happiness is a mood and it's a condition it's not a destination. It's like being tired or hungry. It's not permanent. It comes and goes and that's okay. And I feel like if people thought of it that way they'd find happiness a lot more often.
Brooke: So, you think it's okay to be a little miserable every now and then even when you have great things in your life?
Julian: Is it okay to be a little hungry now and then?
Brooke: Happiness is a mood not a destination. I like that.

So. I think I'm going to stop reaching for happy. As much as I'd often like to be one of those content smile all the time folks, it's not my nature. I'll just take the small moments of happy when they come and enjoy them for however long it lasts. I hope.