Happiness: Mindset or Life Situation?

Life isn’t always a bed of roses. There would be good days and there would be bad days. There will also be days where the unpredictable happens. Amidst all these happenings, you either choose to stand tall or wallow in misery and self pity. Everyday, I wake up and choose to be happy. Not because my life is perfect, but because being sad would change nothing about my life. So, instead of being sad about things I can’t control, I’d rather be happy for the gift of life and the things that I can control. As an individual, you don’t need to be happy only when something extremely good happens or when you meet your friends. You should be happy with yourself first before you can obtain joy from others.

There are people in worse situations than you but they choose to see things from the brighter perspective and they are doing just fine. Life isn’t that serious sometimes. What is more important is your mental health and well being. Being able to sit with yourself, and enjoy your own company is the trick to being happy no matter what. Once you’re able to hack this, others being in your life of good things happening to you will just be an addition to the happiness you already have. Happiness is something we must make a constant in our lives no matter what. So, the ball is in your court. Do you choose to be happy or sad?

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