Every act in our lives can become happiness

Have you ever noticed that we are always waiting for the result of an action, an event, projected toward the future, our eyes fixed on the outcome, on the arrival, waiting for something else, for someone else, for something better, for somewhere else.

I climb the mountain, thinking only of what I will see from the summit.

I hurry to read the book to find out more, to know what happens next, always what happens next, always going further. I ask myself: "How does it end?"

I wait for the train, I don't live. I'm tense toward the train's arrival, my neck craned toward the bend where it will appear. "Is it coming? " And of course, once on the train, I can't wait to get there!

At work, I wait for breaks, the end of the day, the weekend, vacations, retirement. "When I've met my soulmate...", "Ah, if only I were free", "When I have money", "When I've moved",  "When I have time"... or else it's "Ah, if only I had known", "Before it was better!".

And in the end, I don't live and the years go by. The countdown has begun and I still haven't savored the precious life that is offered to me every second: the softness of the air on my face, the eyes of the stranger who passes me, the hill so alive in front of me, the dance of the clouds in the sky, a relaxing afternoon, the warmth of my blanket, a roof over my head, the winks of the sun...

Yesterday, I realized for the first time that I loved relaxing! And every act has become a true pleasure. Every gesture of our lives  can become happiness, every moment, every second, even just breathing.