Choose To Be Happy No Matter What!

When someone told me one day that being happy was a choice, I did not really understand them at first. I thought choose to be “happy”? That seemed out there at first. Until I really realized happiness was our responsibility. It is not your spouses, your friends, or anyone for that matter responsibility to keep me happy. It is my responsibility. It even sounded crazier to say that you can still be happy in hard and trying times! I thought that was a crazy thought. But, again learning that I was living out my feelings day by day instead of doing one key thing to help aid the idea of being happy in the storms of life. That was trusting God to take care of my circumstances and guide me. In the meantime, he gave me this life to enjoy. Now, to say I do this perfectly would be a total fib! I like everyone have times I forget this and have a stinky day and stinky attitude towards life. Those days have gotten fewer and farther away. But still have them. What I can say is I do my best not to live by how I feel anymore. This can be certainly challenging, especially in trying times. Journaling my gratitude has helped me during these tougher days.
I encourage you this week, when you start to feel unhappy about life or something going on in your life to stop a minute and do a moment of gratitude. This is what I have found to help me, I hope it can be of a benefit to you too. Naturally, we will all have our days for sure. I just challenge you to choose happy in the middle of your storm. Give the rest to God girlfriend!​