Our Blessed Happiness Jar

I came home this evening to find that my beloved mala Buddhist prayer bead necklace that has survived many moves all over the US through the years had broken, depositing its bodhi wood beads all over the place. Rather than viewing it as a sad bad omen, I decided to rehome these beads that have travelled with me everywhere along the bottom of my brand new happiness jar that I decided to start for 2015!! 

The concept behind a happiness jar is to place on a small piece of paper, at the end of each day, something from that day that made you happy. And then, as the jar fills with happy thoughts, one day, when perhaps you are not feeling very happy, you can reach in and pull out several happy thoughts to read and recall :) 

I thought this a very nice thing for Patrick and I to participate in together as we plan our future life together as a family. And then one day, our children may participate too!!