Be happy

I can start by saying that I would not be posting this without some inspiration from my lovely 8 month old daughter, who is the light of my life.

Whenever we go somewhere, people are fascinated with how happy and bright eyes my daughter always is, she rarely cries (unless there is a good reason, like her teeth are hurting her) and often has a huge smile on her face. Sometimes her smile looks downright silly, I look at her and think Why are you so happy...

Sometimes I will be having a stressful day and when I look over she will shoot me a huge mouth to mouth smile, it is enough to make a person cry.

No matter what the circumstance, she sees happiness in everything. Why couldnt I be more like this.

Sometimes the things that bother me, or that ruin my day are downright silly, like a long line up when I am shopping, or losing something that seems much more important than it really is. Often one scenario will piggy back on to the next and result in a downright bitch-fest.

Sometimes the people in our lives effect our mood. When I am around happy, upbeat, positive people such as my daughter I feel much happier than when I am around miserable depressed people who feel sorry for themselves.

Once a good friend told me that when something happens to us, we can choose how we retaliate. An example is when a loved one does us wrong. We can choose to be upset, or we can choose to take the high road, and take it with a grain of salt.

When I look at my life, there is a lot of changes I would like to make, my job, my living situation, the list goes on and on.

But I can choose to be happy right now, with where I am at in life right now, or let the Not so positive things get me down.

Right now, looking down at my daughter who is playing with puzzle pieces I am going to try and remain happy.