Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Discovering Happiness

If I knew how to be happy before now, I would have chosen happiness, I know it.  Since losing my mother I have had what one might call an epiphany.  I have realized what it is to be happy.  I am not happy because my mother passed away, I learned from losing her that I have to chose to be happy or I will live my life being unhappy.

Happiness comes through our choices that we make each and every day.  When I was younger I used to think that I could find happiness in objects of other people, but I have discovered that it has nothing to do with that.  Instead it has to do with me and if I am happy with myself.  I am happy with myself when I make choices that I am happy with.  Sometimes the choices I make don't result in the best circumstances, but I know I made the best choice I could, so therefore despite bad circumstances I am happy. 

I am not perfect, sometimes I make poor choices, sometimes I stay up too late, sleep too late, or watch TV instead of do my homework...but I am still happy.  I am consciously making those choices, fully aware of the consequences and I have decided that I will still be happy despite the consequences.  Happiness has opened a world unknown to me in the life I lived before losing my mother.  Tune in tomorrow to find out more.

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