{"id":99,"date":"2002-12-12T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2002-12-12T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/?p=99"},"modified":"2007-12-30T16:45:31","modified_gmt":"2007-12-31T00:45:31","slug":"be-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"Be happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a little off-topic from my usual technology-oriented items. Not sure who the author is, it seems to have been floating around the internet for several years at least&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation,or when we retire.The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with&#8230; and remember that time waits for no one.So, stop waiting<\/p>\n<p>until your car or home is paid off<br \/>\nuntil you get a new car or home<br \/>\nuntil your kids leave the house<br \/>\nuntil you go back to school<br \/>\nuntil you lose ten pounds<br \/>\nuntil you gain ten pounds<br \/>\nuntil you finish school<br \/>\nuntil you get a divorce<br \/>\nuntil you get married<br \/>\nuntil you have kids<br \/>\nuntil you retire<br \/>\nuntil summer<br \/>\nuntil spring<br \/>\nuntil winter<br \/>\nuntil fall<br \/>\nuntil you die&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There is no better time than right now to be happy.<\/p>\n<p>Happiness is a journey, not a destination.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a little off-topic from my usual technology-oriented items. Not sure who the author is, it seems to have been floating around the internet for several years at least&#8230; We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/?p=99\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.netjeff.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}