Mr. Hetrick, my 9th grade history teacher, let my class in on secret to how he kept happiness in his life for 40 years.
He told us every once in a while to lay back on a soft patch of grass and look up at the sky.
He said that the world is bigger than our current problems and being humbled by the the overbearing clouds or stars remind us that we are specs in this universe.
Mr. Hetrick followed up his seemingly trivial suggestion to happiness by reminding us that the sky will always stay the same but our lives will change. Some will change for the worse, some for the better, but each day as the clouds pass by is a day we should feel lucky to live and breathe.
On a bad day, I find myself looking up at the sky and taking a deep breath.
Maybe that is all we need, something to remind us that we are not limited to our current state, that we are lucky, and that we are alive.
On a good day, I'm lucky to find this video:
happy living, happy breathing, happy gazing.
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