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DAY 20, MARCH 20, 2024, HAPPY INTERNATIONAL HAPPINESS DAY!

Good Morning, Everyone,

Yesterday afternoon, my Mac wasn’t performing as it should. No matter what I did i.e. checking different online forums, everything stayed the same. So, I stopped working at 8:30 PM.

I sat and contemplated all of the steps I had been taking. Contemplation helps me in every area of my life. It chases the agitation away; I find peace with the fact that I wasn’t successful in solving the problem, but I had done all of the background work I needed to do to sleep well. And I did sleep well.

When I awoke to a beautiful blue sky winking at me through my window this morning, I knew I would have a lovely day.

My sky window in my bedroom

I went downstairs, made coffee, and meditated before I brought up my Mac. Last night, I chose International Happiness Day as the topic to write about. My Mac wasn’t working as it should. But I believe happiness is a choice I make.

Then it happened. An idea sprang before my eyes, and a tiny whisper said, “Try to do the task (I needed to scan a document) with your iPhone.”

I had never done that before. I laid the document on my printer and pulled my printer software up on my iPhone. Guess what? I learned to scan a document with my iPhone and save it to the files on my Mac. Voila! It worked!

When I looked on my Mac, I saw my file sitting among my documents. I have a smile of contentment on my face. I learned something new.

These little moments where I move from where I don’t know how and learn something new make me happy.

Have a HAPPY INTERNATIONAL HAPPINESS DAY, everyone, and do something to make you happy.

Shalom shalom,

Pat Garcia