Connection

There are times in life where there just seems to be a 'spark' that ignites something in you. It happens in many different ways: your eyes lock with someone else's, you discover a new way to move in a yoga class, or happen upon a business idea. Either way, it seems that time slows down or becomes irrelevant.

Such a thing happened to me in college. I had just started studies, picked Business Administration as a pursuit because it seemed closest to that spark for me, but there was something more and I knew it.

In my second semester I signed up for a computer programming elective. I sat down at the terminal (that's what they called them then ) to write my first program, finished it in what seemed like an hour. I looked up at the clock and 5 hours had gone by. The guy who couldn't stay still for more than a minute had actually sat still for 5 hours, moving only his fingers!

So, here I am years later still riding that spark.

Happiness

According to Thomas Jefferson, we are all entitled to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. If you are reading this, you are alive (if you aren't please contact me as that would be a very interesting conversation!). Most people also enjoy varying degrees of liberty, at the very least the liberty to choose their own thoughts and response to a situation.

So, that leaves happiness. If you already have it congratulations! If not, ask someone who has it for the secret :-).

For me, it all comes down to feeling like I've done the best I can, each day. The good thing about that is the definition of 'best' changes every day, so every day you get a new opportunity to do your best! It could be helping a client, listening to a friend that really needs to be listened to, or hugging a spouse. Every day I get to choose to make myself happier.

So discover your definition each day and go for it!