Questioning and happiness

Our Life

Jan 25

Last week, I got a lawyers' letter saying that I have to close my website/blog, because there is a company in Ohio selling organizing paraphernalia that is called 'Organized Living'. I am apparently stepping on their toes by misleading their costumers and by using their good name to get readers.

So far, they have managed to block my facebook account in the US.

Before naming my website, I did an extensive search for name availability and 'Organized Living Solutions' came back as being available.

I don't know if they can somehow block this blog too, so I am writing this to prepare you. Should the blog disappear, please look for me under 'Jutta Dobler' (if you want to that is).

I am also writing this to make sense of what is happening. I started my website three years ago (and the blog a year and a half ago), and have put countless unpaid hours into both.

The website doesn't interest me that much anymore, but I so love the blog. I love connecting with you.

I love the safe space it provides, independent from relationship or work issues.

Quite some time ago, I made the decision to take everything that happens in my life as benefiting me, even if I do not see immediately how it might do that. I am sticking with that now, although so far I am still rather blind.

But one strange and wonderful thing did happen yesterday.

While driving, I suddenly had a surge of happiness come over me. It was completely unrelated to what is going on in my life (and had nothing to do with taking mood altering substances :-) ).

I was just happy. Then, because I couldn't understand it, I thought about my failed marriage, and about the uncertainty about the blog, and it didn't change a thing. I was still happy!

Odd but lovely :-).

I have read often that being happy is (or can be) independent from your circumstances, but I never experienced it before. Maybe all that 'being in the moment' is starting to have an effect.

So now I can tell you: we really can be happy no matter what.

And if you don't believe me, I leave you with this guy to sprinkle some magic dust: