As the clock strikes midnight tonight, we will be all be wishing each other a happy new year (or at least those of us who have stayed up for the duration) but do you ever really stop to think what ‘happy’ means to you?

Is it the absence of misery or sadness? Or a huge surge of joy? Or perhaps just a general feeling of warm fuzzy contentment? Or a mixture of all of these?

In our hectic, all too busy lives, we can find ourselves sometimes just going through the motions and working on auto-pilot, so that we very often fail to be aware of those special moments of happiness, and they just pass us by. This is a shame, as if we really start to be more aware of living in the moment, we can truly notice those moments of joy, or contentment or calm (call them what you will) and I believe that by noticing those special moments, we find that they have a magical tendency to amplify, and multiply.

If you have not yet made a new year’s resolution, why don’t you make it your aim this year to find out what really makes you feel happy, and notice all of those things – whether its a baby’s smile or a lovely meal – that contribute to that wonderful feeling.

May I wish everyone a happy (whatever that means to you) 2013!

Wendy x