Can you say--You are Truly Happy and Satified with your life as it is today?

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Today, I was sitting back listening to some music and started to think about my life in general, from how I grew up to being married, then divorced, to now living as a single mother.... I've come a long way and now I can say, I'm happy and satified with my life thus far. Everything that I've been through in my time was another one of life lessons, however, it took time for me to see this, Those lessons make me a stronger positive woman...I'm happy to say I have a successful career where I can see myself living as happy as I am now. I have my own sense of independency which before, I didn't, as well as maintaing a bond and being a proud mother, raising another strong man in this world, Teaching him morals and values and about life in general...I can say I worked hard to get to where I'm at...and to me that makes me happy, proud, and feel even better about self... I know each day that passes by, There are some people stand by and witness how their lives are being lived without the full happiness and satisfaction they crave and need. I was one of them... Alot of people spend their time stressed out, worried and on a constant panic about what need to be done for their futures, raising their children, wired up over work, school along with everything else. I've found the only way I can live a happy and satisfied life is first and foremost start doing things that make me happy and satisfied. I didn't realize how much I neglected myself, feeling that it would be selfish if I took time out to focus on my own being. I forgot who I was and what mattered to me. I come to realize after some time that making myself one of my first priorities was in fact not selfish, it's actually obligatory to do so in order to succeed in the other subjects ans aspects of my life. Without a happy satisfied me, there was no happy and satisfied life because I was stressed and unhappy. I believe I consciously ignored my needs and desires, but my subconscious mind had not forgotten about me and constantly reminded me through stress, anger, sadness, insecurity and feelings of failure. I found that I had to start listening to myself, becoming my own bestfriend and supporter I needed for self. I realized no one was going to work on my happiness for me, I found the power and modivation stored up inside to direct myself into a path of happiness and satisfaction. With that being said, Can you say you are happy and satified with your life as of now? Where their obstacles you had to cross or even now facing to get that happiness?Or Do you feel you are not the first priority and continue to do for others rather than self? If you have any stories you would like to share, Please feel free to share...