Is This All There Is?

by Kay Heitsch

I remember thinking, "Is this all there is?" while I was on vacation years ago. I was expecting, being on vacation, to give me more joy than I was having.

Sure there were things over the years that gave me temporary moments of happiness, but I often wondered, "Is this all there is?"

It took several years to not look to people, vacations, new this or that, to be my source of joy. I learned that joy and happiness are found in the simple things in life.

Today's quote, "It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes us happy."

I've learned to enjoy the simple things in life, like hearing the Morning Doves, the smell of lilac and lily of the valley around our house, neighbor kids yelling, "Hi Kay." Our kids and grandkids saying, "Love you!" These are only a small fraction of simple things that give me joy now.

"Is this all there is?" Now that I have a new outlook on life the simple things are more than enough to bring joy to my heart.