Different Happinesses
for Different People

There are different happinesses for different people. Though a person needs a perfect blend of the 4 Ls to complete their happiness "core," each person's happiness is going to look different from others. It's almost like a fingerprint...no two happinesses are alike.

Variety in life keeps us interested and interesting to each other. I am in awe of people who can fix a car or fix a space station. I applaud those who love math or who excel in engineering. I am constantly caught off guard by individuals who are marketing gurus or who sales geniuses. These things make them happy...NOT me! If I was good at any of those things, I might love it, but probably the reason I am not happy with those traits is because they don't hold my interest as part of who I want to be.

Which is GREAT!! We need that variety in our life!

When I was in elementary school, we learned a song that stuck in my head and in my heart. It is a song by Ray Coniff called "Happiness Is"

The melody is catchy, the tempo is upbeat, and the lyrics make you happy:

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That's what Happiness is

Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Different things to different people
That's what happiness is

To the preacher
It's a prayer, prayer, prayer
To the Beatles
It's a "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"
To the golfer
It's a hole in one
To the father
It's a brand new son

Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Different things to different people
That's what happiness is

To the beatnik
It's his beard, beard, beard
To the monster
Something wierd, wierd, wierd
To a night owl
It's a good days sleep
To the Yankee's
It's a four game sweep

Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Different things to different people
That's what happiness is

On the desert
It's a drink, drink, drink
To the show girl
It's a mink, mink, mink
To the banker
Lots and lots of dough
To a racer
It's a GTO

To a sailor
It's the sea, sea, sea
To my mother
Why, it's me, me, me
To the birdies
It's the sky above
But, to my mind
It's the one I love

Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Happiness is
(Happiness is)
Different things to different people
That's what happiness is
Happiness is!

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The gist of this is that when you are going through your life, doing your best to blend and balance YOUR 4Ls, who and what you LOVE will be a part of what makes you happy; how and in what way you live your LIFE will be a part of what makes you happy; what happens when you learn and feel the LIGHT will be a part of what makes you happy; and the LAUGHTER that comes from the funny things you hear and see will be a part of what makes you happy! The way these things blend together will be different for every person!

YOU are going to love different things and different people, YOU are going to experience and enjoy things in life that are different from other people, YOU are going to encounter light and enlightenment different from other people, and YOU are going to laugh at things that are different from other people. 

As long as you are following the 4L Method, you will be happy!!

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