Every night when my children were young, I asked them two simple questions.
“Who makes you happy?”
“Me.”
“Who do you make happy?”
“Me.”
What began as a bedtime ritual carried a lesson I was still learning myself.
As life grows more complicated, we often look to others for answers. We seek advice, listen to experts, and measure our decisions against expectations. Somewhere along the way, we can lose touch with our own convictions.
But the most meaningful answers rarely come from someone else.
In my latest Horizon reflection, The Answer Is Within You, I explore the importance of taking ownership of our happiness, finding moments of quiet, and learning to trust the voice that has been growing within us all along.
Perhaps the answer was never somewhere beyond the horizon.
Perhaps it was within us all along.
Read the full reflection on SailingDreamMaker.com.