Happiness

Emotions are often sparked by an event, place, person, situation, or other stuff. While they are sparked by so much we can choose to give in to the emotion or not to give in. We can choose to let something get to us or to ignore it. 

Happiness is one of those emotions. It is a choice in so many ways. Nothing in life will make us fully happy. It is an emotion that in many ways allows for us to believe that something, someone, someplace will allow for us to be happy and to stay happy. The truth is that it may work for a moment but it will not keep us happy. 

I hear all the time I want to be happy... I will be happy when... 
I am guilty of saying it and thinking it. I have often told myself if I had a different job I will be happy. When I get my degree I will be happy. When I lose weight I will be happy. I want to be happy but I am... When I this or that I will be happy. Yes in the moment it has worked. Yes it has allowed for momentary happiness, but it is not the key to making me truly happy. 

True happiness is a choice. It is a reaction to love and to being fulfilled. It is a reaction to a decision.





I have been battling depression for a few months. I can choose to give into the emotions that I feel from the depression OR I can choose to rise above those emotions and choose happiness. Sometimes choosing happiness is the only way I can get through the day.  

I  choose to be happy. I am choosing to have a happy life and to live it with happiness. Yes I will have sadness and upset. Yes I will have bad days but it will not define my life, it will not define who I am. Happiness is not a destination it is a choice and I am choosing it. 

Since I choose happiness I have seen things be brighter and to be what I needed. I promise that when you choose happiness you choose life.