tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440611076746008551.post4303265627331228292..comments2018-09-19T04:03:48.910-07:00Comments on The Path to Wonderful by Melissa Maris: Working from the Inside OutMelissa Marishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15216312159880277204noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440611076746008551.post-27543914396997398552013-03-04T22:33:37.839-08:002013-03-04T22:33:37.839-08:00Thank you for sharing such a great story. I feel l...Thank you for sharing such a great story. I feel like I need to turn this into a post! :)Melissa Marishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216312159880277204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440611076746008551.post-41298396663952033572013-02-26T19:24:34.991-08:002013-02-26T19:24:34.991-08:00Amen, Melissa.
Over the weekend a couple friends ...Amen, Melissa.<br /><br />Over the weekend a couple friends and I were out together looking for a going away gift for our yoga instructor. We went into a small shop and no other customers were there so we were able to talk with the shop owner for quite some time. We talked a lot of Eastern culture and spirituality and somehow got onto the topic of happiness and "things." <br /><br />He told us something I will never forget, and that I think I will always use. We get these ideas of things that will make us happy, like a piece of jewelry, a car, even a small trinket from his shop. He said "You cannot think of this tiny statue as the thing that will make you happy, because it will not. You will love it for a while, bring in home, and before you know it it is collecting dust and you are still not happy. The tiny statue did not change, it is exactly the same as it is here in my store today. It was you that changed, that attached your happiness to this thing. Things outside yourself cannot be a reason for happiness, but rather simply reminders that you find the happiness inside you; that it is always there, tiny statue or not."<br /><br />There's nothing like a total stranger reminding you to ask "why?" I wish I could have stayed and talked with him all day.Lesleynoreply@blogger.com