We’re kind of teaching our kids that happiness is the default position — it’s rubbish. Wholeness is what we ought to be striving for and part of that is sadness, disappointment, frustration, failure; all of those things which make us who we are. Happiness and victory and fulfillment are nice little things that also happen to us, but they don’t teach us much… I’d like just for a year to have a moratorium on the word “happiness” and to replace it with the word “wholeness.” Ask yourself, “is this contributing to my wholeness?” and if you’re having a bad day, it is.
– Hugh MacKay
“This idea has been so profound for me,” Goddard continues, “especially in this Instagram era of everyone’s lives seeming so glossy and shiny. But the truth is: Life isn’t easy for anyone. Embrace all the messy experiences, good and bad, and know you’re normal and wonderful and right where you should be.”
– Man Repeller article “Cup of Jo Founder Joanna Goddard on Career and Motherhood“
Brightly Illuminated 