Last Saturday I went to meet my friend Laurie at the farmer’s market. As is usual we met for coffee across the street.
As I parked, I was in a mood. It had been raining for three days. I don’t mean that I can say it rained every day for at least a minute. I mean raining the whole time. As I got out of my car. I had this thought. That now I can be happy because I’ll get to see Laurie. And while that is true and we had a great visit, I realized my thought was a little stupid.
It’s not that I didn’t want to see my friend, it’s why did I have to wait to be happy until then. That I could choose to just be happy. So, I decided to just be happy. Right then.
If you know me, you know I love coffee, and as I smelled that coffee on my way from the parking lot to the shop I perked up, but I had already decided to be happy.
I know this sounds a little saccharin and fake positive, but I don’t mean it that way. It is still raining 4 days later. I injured my back. There’s family stuff I can’t control, that isn’t going well. We are living through incredibly turbulent policy times. I would be justified if I were to just curl up in a ball, if it weren’t painful. But I don’t want to waste my time under the bed. I want to enjoy my life. And that’s up to me. I get to decide.
Happiness is a choice. How can you choose happiness?
Be happy, in spite of it all or may be to spite it all.
Julie
PS: A little weather laughter for your day
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