How to be happy: 'Happiness because you are here'

The top image is a 'Geranium'.
It has the flower language, 'Happiness because you are here'.

I think it is a very beautiful phrase.

It is not because they do something for you.
It is not because they are useful.
It is not because they fulfill you.

Simply,
that they exist.

That fact alone,
warms the heart.

I feel this flower language describes
such an existence.

I think 'you'
do not have to be a person.

It might be your morning coffee.
It might be a book you want to read again.
The sky visible from the window.
A place to return to.
A plant you keep by your side.
Music that suddenly drifts in.

Because those things exist,
we are sometimes saved,
or able to do our best today.

But,
the 'you' that comes to my mind first
is my wife and my two sons.

Just having them there is enough.

Just seeing them smile
brings me peace.

Spending time in the same house,
sharing the same table,
exchanging 'good morning' and 'good night'.

Just that,
makes me feel that life is sufficiently rich.

I can no longer
imagine them not being there.

I am sure that is
not dependency,
but an emotion born precisely because
I love them.

The more precious someone becomes to us,
the more we learn the fear of losing them.
Because we understand somewhere

that nothing is eternal.
Perhaps that is why we

continue to seek more money,
more security,
and more certainty.
But in truth,
happiness is not something that lies at the end of continuing to add things,

but rather being able to notice
'what is already there'.
Today, too,

my wife is there.
My sons are smiling.

Not letting that miracle-like daily life
slip by as something taken for granted.
While they are here,

cherishing them properly.
I think that

is one of the ways to be happy.
The geranium's flower language of 'Happiness because you are here'

is not a story about
'someone making you happy',

but rather, I feel it teaches us that

'you exist',

that fact itself

is already happiness.

In life,
there are hardships that simply cannot be avoided.

Even so,
there is a place you can think 'I want to go home'.

There is someone you can think 'I want to see'.
There is someone you can think 'I am glad you are here'.
Just with that,
people should be able to

be happy again.

A book that influenced me in writing this article

'Because You Are Here' by Manatsu & Mafuyu

Being by my side.
Being able to laugh together.

It is a work that reminds me
that just that is happiness.

The illustrations are also very lovely,
and it is a book that relaxes the heart just by looking at it.
I highly recommend it.

I have also summarized flowers that are 'ways to be happy'
in the link below.
Please take as much as you need🍀

Thank you for reading until the end.
I hope to see you in another article.
🍀May you be happy🍀