A little touch of Happiness.

"I had a moment today.. I had a moment where I realised that happiness is a choice."

As I scrolled down my Facebook feed I saw this post by one of my many 'friends' that share my daily virtual world. It caught my attention because it made me think. Is happiness a choice? There are plenty of unhappy people in the world, ones that haven't seen happiness in so long they can't even begin to think what it feels like. Did they choose to feel that way? Are they to far gone, to deep in the dark to ever choose happiness again? 

Everyone has those days... those days that you don't want to talk to anyone. You are tired and grumpy. you have so much things to get done there is no space left in your head to think and you are stressed. Maybe you take it out on your loved ones and yell at them over something silly like using the last of the milk you needed for your cup of coffee or maybe you are the opposite and you shut them out completely. Either way living this way is not healthy and nothing good ever comes from a negative mind.

Whenever I wake like this I start with some positives. I think of the people that love me, sending or receiving a 'have a good day' text always helps. If your sending think of how that person will feel and how it will brighten their day when they open it and im sure they will send one back that will make you both feel good. If your receiving then how could your day be bad after that? 

Thinking of the little positives in life always helps and they will always outweigh the negatives. 

Happiness is like love, its a feeling, Its something thats hard to describe but that all I can say makes me want to smile my brightest and share it with everyone and everything that comes into my reach.

But we cant just decide to 'choose' to be happy just like that. Its a process. You have to work for it, you have to live life how you want but smartly, achieve goals, help yourself but also help others and suddenly you will feel yourself awakening in the morning and instead of lying in bed not wanting to get out of the warmth, it wont faze you because you want to get up and live life - you have achieved happiness and nothing will feel sweeter.

 If all else fails:

• smile more
• think less
• take risks
• love
• yell
• help others
• exercise
• travel
• sleep
• eat
• smell the grass
• believe
• swim
• light candles
• watch the stars
• kiss
• gossip
• laugh
• write
• dream...

 Talk soon, Larissa x