Where ARE my Keys???

Good afternoon my dearies!!!

I have missed talking with you- hopefully you've missed me too!! 

A LOT going on lately-- we moved... Monkey boy and I have moved into our own little home- WoWzer is living in his own space now too... so far I think it will help our sibling relationship.  I LOVE our new duplex... I think it's the nicest place I've ever lived in, and that's no lie!! Hopefully the Monkey isn't too loud and disturb the family next door!!

So anyhow I saw a quote today "Do not put the keys to your happiness in someone else's pocket~~Rather, keep them in your own." I don't know who said it originally or even have a name to credit for seeing it, it was one of those random internet things you see on occasion... ya know?? But it felt profound to me!! A reminder that true happiness comes from within- not from someone or something else.

All to often we place our sense of happiness and self worth on someone else's key-ring   Should we really burden them with that?? They may not even realize we've done that~ and then inevitably they will let us down.  They don't mean to, they just don't know they're carrying our keys on their key-ring and some folks end up carrying a LOT of keys. 

Think about the building manager who has a TON of keys on their ring for all the offices, store rooms, bathrooms etc (before locks were all electronic- and one card does it all) He had a key for all of those locks, imagine how heavy that ring is and if he lost one- someone would eventually be upset, right??

Giving the key to your happiness and self worth to someone else, anyone else is like making them the building manager of you~ this is true if they're your children, your spouse, your parents, co-workers who ever you've handed your key off too.  They're human and often times have let someone else carry their key as well... 

To be truly happy we need to take responsibility for our own set of keys- the key to our happiness should be kept locked in a pocket close to our heart~ so we are the only one with access too it- not saying that things others do can't make us happy- but it's a momentary happiness, not a deep seeded happiness... that comes from knowing we control our happy.

For example, I place a lot of my 'happiness' on Monkey Boy's key-ring so when he lets me down and I'm sad, that's not his fault-- it's MINE... I should keep that close to my heart- not expect him to provide my happiness or feeling of completion ~~ just as he shouldn't expect mom to carry his keys for him- he's nearly five, dude needs to learn to carry his own key! 

I mean seriously, you know who else carries a lot of keys (again before one card does it all) a jailer-- do we want to be enslaved to one person who carries our keys for us?? 

I know it's not really a profound post today- I'm tired and it's been a while- so prolific might not be in the cards for today, give me a little while to get back in the swing of writing and we'll get into some deeeeeep stuff.

But it is something to consider... I know a few folks I need to give their keys back to and a few people I need to have my hand out to asking for mine back!! 

I plan on keeping the keys to my happiness where they belong~ with me!! 

I'll be back soon my pretties!!! 

~SS~