Happiness is a state of feeling satisfied that something is right or has been done right according to Encarta World Dictionary. Sometimes I think about what my life would be like if we stayed living in Iran. I do not know first hand what it is like because I have not been back there for 30 years. I only have my fears and thoughts about what I think it is like.
Then recently I watched an HBO documentary done by an American who visited Shiraz and Esfehan. I was very deeply moved by the stories and the people. What came across was the sweetness of the people that I knew and their courage to continue making the most of their lives. The narrator was amazed by his experience there...and in fact admited his doubts about going ..... he was pleasantly surprised by what he discovered.
Isn't life like that if you think about it sometimes our great struggles and difficulites bring us an amazing amount of understanding and insight that we would never have had otherwise. And when we look back we feel so grateful. I do not know if that is happiness but I do know that being grateful is a huge part of it.
