I choose to be happy :)

I recently was asked a question that seemed kinda silly to me but made me think.

"Why and how are you so happy and positive?"

My whole I have been told that I am a very optimistic person. I am glad people think that about me. I hope I can be an optimistic person. I have found that life can be hard, but it is so much easier when you choose to be happy.

 Being happy is so much easier than being down. But it's a choice. 

 I made that choice. Being happy is so important to great life. There have been many times in my life where it was so hard to be happy, I felt that if I tried to be happy it would work out for a little but than somethings else would get thrown in my face and make it that much harder to be happy.

    High School was a big culprit. There were so many opportunities to be down. So much " High School" drama.  But that High School drama was my life. I felt that every little thing was a HUGE thing. In reality, I look back and I laugh at some of the things I made into a big deal when they were just little things.  But I soon realized that if I just decided to be happy during those times, They would be so much easier to deal with. I would get over them so much faster. 

     Now, Being a " new bee at Adult Hood" ( I know silly but that's what I call myself, A new Bee) I find it is a lot harder to be happy, or at least choose to be happy. There is so much I have to worry about, so much to stress about. School, Work, My relationships. I have to make sure I can pay for school. I have to make sure I can pay for this car, pay for the things I need, Bills I help pay. It's hard and crazy, Sometimes I just want to curl up and disappear. But I CAN'T those things will always be there. But, Guess what? I am HAPPY. Ya, HAPPY, H-A-P-P-Y. Because I choose to be happy. 

    I look at my life and realize like I said in my last post, I AM SOOO BLESSED! I have the huge blessing of going to College, Having a car, Having a house, Having a family, Having a man that loves me. Having a faith that I know is true. Because of these blessings I find in my life, I choose to be happy. Not many people can say they can go to school, or have the things I have.  

     I truly believe that you can't be happy with out opposition. I wouldn't have been able to see what makes me happy if I didn't have trials or opposition in my life. You wont know what true happiness is until it's tested. 

     If you look at your life and aren't happy with it, Look back and study your life. Find those moments that made you happy, I mean TRULY, PURELY HAPPY.  Look for those blessings you have now. My challenge to you, Make a list of 5 things you are happy about every morning. I promise you, You'll be happy. :)