Happiness is an emotional state characterized by feelings of joy, satisfaction, contentment and fulfillment. While happiness has many different definitions, it is often described as involving positive emotions and life satisfaction.

Happiness is a choice, yes you read it correctly. This is a conscious decision made by you. Happiness is a mindset, a positive mindset.

Just like anything else it is up to you to make the choice to be happy. This doesn’t mean that everything is going well for you and that everything is perfect. No, let’s not be unrealistic, life is challenging, it can be hard and it has its ups and downs.

People tend to think that their happiness is someone else’s responsibility. They are confused and under the impression that others have the power or control to make them happy. Unfortunately, when people don’t understand that happiness is a mindset, a positivity mindset, they fall into the phase of blaming others and pointing fingers. Like when things don’t exactly work out as they initially planned, or when they decide to do something and things don’t go their way, it’s easier to blame someone else because they are unhappy with a decision that they made.

I know that I’ve had my fair share of challenges, however I learned early on that being happy was something I owned. Blaming others when something didn’t pan out for me was not my thing. I understand that challenges are for the living and that challenges help us to become better people.

When you have the resilience of making the choice to be happy even though your life is not perfect you are on the right path. With that said I know the importance of being around the right people. So my circle of friends is small.

We live in a world where there are so many unhappy people, some might have reason to be unhappy and that is understandable. Others are unhappy because they are bitter and probably miserable with their lives, that can also be understandable. Then you have some that are unhappy because that is all they know and that is their comfort zone. The thing is, that it is easy to be unhappy, to stay unhappy, to continue to be bitter and miserable. It’s easier to stay in the frame of mind, in that comfort zone. It takes work to make the decision to be happy and put in the effort and make the necessary changes.

I noticed that there are some people that are so miserable that the fact that you said good morning to them upsets them. It’s unbelievable, but true. It doesn’t make sense, and that is just an example of how a person can be so unhappy.

These are the things that work for me in keeping me happy. I enjoy laughing, making jokes, spending time with my husband and family, working out, cooking, reading motivational books, helping others, giving gifts, and shopping, My life is only as happy as I choose to make it.

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