Every day, going to work, on my 10 minutes walk to the subway station I’m crossing a little alley between two small buildings in my neighborhood. It’s a narrow path, there can only be two people at the same time there. I passed this alley every day, ever since I moved
I saw it in the wintertime when everything was covered in snow. I enjoyed the gorgeous spring-blooming trees appearing after the long winter. I saw it in the summer days, all green with the trees full of leaves, barely being able to walk beside them.
But today I saw it in the autumn. A foggy, cold autumn day. And it was truly magical for me. Every leave was yellow. Everything was yellow. It was beautiful. It made me smile, it made me happy.
Whatever would have happened today I had at least one reason to be happy. And so do you.
Even though I don’t always manage to do so, I sure try to enjoy little things in life. Taking a deep breath in the park, enjoying the Christmas lights decorating the city, watching genuinely happy children playing with their toys.
There are a million reasons for us to be happy every day, every moment. Let’s just all choose to be happy, it’s all it takes.