Choosing Happy

"How are you?" A line commonly exchanged by two people in passing. Most of us reply with "I'm good." Without ever thinking about it, but what if we did think about it?

How are you?.....

I asked myself this question recently and found I was not "good" at all.

But why? I'm abundantly blessed, I have people who care about me and everything I could ever want - still I have not been content. I found myself wishing I was at home when I was at college and when I went home, I wished I was at college. I would make little plans for a certain day throughout the week just to have something to look forward to, and when that day got here, I would be disappointed. I was making my happiness dependent on things of the world- which is not good, let me tell you that right now.

Happiness is not circumstantial. Bad things happen, and just because you are a happy person, doesn't mean bad things won't happen. It just means you have a different perspective about the situation.

Happiness is within, a choice we wake up and make every day. It doesn't matter where you are in your life, how successful you are, or who you know- happiness is the gift you give yourself that also gives to anyone else willing to accept it with you.

I challenge you to wake up and ask yourself "what do I want out of today?"

I decided I couldn't let days pass waiting for the ones I had fun plans for, to get here. I needed to be happy where I was in the moment. Our days on earth are numbered and we don't have the luxury of knowing what our number of days are, so choose happiness.

Every morning when you wake.

HAPPY Monday! (:

"Take pleasure in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." - Psalm 37:4