It's a Beautiful Day

Happiness is a feeling, not a journey.  It is so surprising to me how much I really have control over my own feelings.  I know that sounds obvious...but I mean it really hit me this week that I have control over the outcome of my day or what kind of mood I am going to be in right now.  I don't have to strive to have a happy life, I can CHOOSE a happy life right here and now.  And I know many may say, easier said than done...but that's just my point.  It can be that easy.  We have the power over our happiness.  Sure bad things are going to happen, some devastating things...and of course it is okay to be heartbroken and sad for a period of time...absolutely.  But we can't let those events or heartbreaks define us, because then we are giving that bad thing power over us.  And honestly it doesn't deserve it.

I have the hardest time with this concept of letting things go.  I love to dwell on conversations or situations and replay what I should have done or should have said.  I love to imagine the way I would confront someone that has hurt me.  I would say just the right thing to prove my point and leave them thinking about it days later.  But this really isn't any way to live.  It is a waste of my time and my God given talents.  I am writing this, not because I have it all together, its quite the contrary.  I am writing this from a learning place because I am daily realizing these truths.  I'm sure I have more flaws than most, but I enjoy sharing my thoughts and feelings on subjects like this in the hope that one person will realize that they aren't alone in how they feel.  You're not alone.  We aren't alone.  I think there is beauty and power in that.