People often assume or tell me that my life is so easy, therefore it's automatically easy for me to be optimistic. It frustrates me so much. My lot in life hasn't been any easier than yours.. I've had struggles, said things I shouldn't have, fought with friends, lost friends, had my heart broken multiple times.... The list could go on. It frustrates me that people assume my life is easy and therefore, it's naturally easy for me to be a happy person.
Yes, I am incredibly blessed I will be the first to admit. I'm also incredibly thankful for both my blessings and my trials, and that is what I believe is the key to my happiness. Thankfulness breeds happiness because you realize that you do not deserve anything, but rather the Lord has chosen you to bless, to favor. How can you NOT be happy about that?
Every single day, I CHOOSE to be happy. I CHOOSE to see the good in others. I CHOOSE to take the days stress, frustrations, and menial chores and turn them into something to be thankful about. Some days I flat out do not want to be happy. Some days I would rather go back to bed. Some days I would like to flip off the person who cuts in front of me on the road, snap at my students as they ask me the same question for the thousandth time, or run my little cheerleaders ragged for making the same mistakes.... BUT then I am reminded how God must feel with me as I make the same mistakes over and over, ask the same questions of Him thousands of times, and cut His time with me short because I'm too busy or tired. So it is with this in mind that I CHOOSE optimism and CHOOSE to see the best in people.
Happiness is a choice, not a feeling.
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