Pondering!

As I ponder over what will make me happy because happiness is my quest in life recently, I've discovered a few things.  First, I need to take inventory of things that really make me happy.  I know I enjoy making others feel good and I enjoy helping others.  Second, I have a large amount of friends and enjoy being around people. I've never been able to open up my home the way I would like to because of Louie.  When I entertained he'd go hide some place and be anti-social and I'd feel guilty.  Third, I really enjoy getting my home and yard into order both with cleaning and decorating.  These thoughts are perhaps my path back to happiness.  Of course I've already had some detours, but life is full of detours for me and I almost expect them to pop up.  At Christmas I made an attempt to be happy and for a while it was working then a detour.  So, now it's time to get over the detour and get back on the road.  Hopefully, I learned something from the detour.  I'm still looking for the why and that piece of the puzzle is missing.  Another thing to ponder over.