about happiness..

being happy isn't about the good things that are happening in your life.
and its not about ignoring the bad.


its a choice.
a choice to smile at the stranger on the sidewalk.
to joke with your barista in the morning.
to thank the kind man who held your door.
to ignore the snide comments of people who will go out of their way to put you down.
to pray for them when you don't feel they deserve it.
to understand that they may be fighting their own internal battles and lashing out at you.
to be the better person and not lash back.

to admire the beauty of this world.
to believe in the people who populate it, even when so many have let you down.
to appreciate the ones who haven't.
to be truly thankful.
to dance through the rainstorms.
to be sickeningly positive.
to find things that inspire you.
to let yourself be wowed.


today, and each day from here on, i'm choosing to be happy.
and there is nothing anyone can do about that.