Some Rambling

I was thinking about the reasons I stay at home today due to an assignment that I was doing that asked me to evaluate my current family situation and the reasons we are the way we are. I was thinking about all the ways it's better for my children and in all those things and reasons I realized that there wasn't much in it for me, besides being a good mom and that actually made me happy. I was thinking about how a lot of people do things because it makes them happy and thought if we all just did what made us happy we'd be pretty screwed up. Which I suppose is a lot of the reason that our society is so screwed up, because you think "happy" at any one moment is of the highest value. When really it's about responsibility and commitment and unselfishness. If I did what made me "happy" today I would have spent some of our money for bills on say.. clothes or shoes.. and bought them online instead of paying the bills. "Happiness" has nothing to do with right or wrong and we shouldn't base our decisions on what makes us happy at a given moment, we should look at the big picture of our goals, our sacrifice to our spouses and family and the wanted respect we desire from the people in our lives.
Do I stay at home with my children because it makes me "happy" all the time? No. Does a fireman jump into a burning building because it makes him "happy"? No, he jumps in there because he is doing something of great importance that makes a difference and that is why I stay at home, because I want to make a difference. And I will teach my children that life isn't about taking your daily happiness temperature everyday and doing whatever keeps it up and makes you happy.