Happiness is a Choice

So today is my second post, I usually wont post stuff everyday but today I decided I would. I decided to wake up on the right side of the bed. I made a conscious choice that I was going to be happy today. This morning when I woke up next to my loving husband I was determined to have a fantastic day. This saying "Happiness is a Choice" has been in my head all morning. Usually the only time I hear this little saying is after I have had a really miserable day at work and when I come home and my sons are being hard to deal with. While I am telling my mother about the terrible day I had is when she calmly and sweetly tells me "Honey, happiness is a choice". At that point this expression is not really what I want to hear, and I say "yeah mom your totally right" while clenching my teeth and telling myself I will be glad when today is over. So everyone has heard this before but who has really practiced it? And is it really that hard to put this into play? Can I really still choose to be happy after my sons have managed to take the entire container of salt (don't ask me how they got it) and dumped it all over my couch? Can I still manage to maintain a happy countenance after my dog managed to poop all over my beautiful white bermuda shorts I had set out to wear today? I believe it is possible. And choosing to be happy is more then just slapping on a fake smile. It comes from within and it comes from being content with where you are in life. Yes, we all wish we had a little bit more or something a little bit nicer. That stuff will come in time. Cherish the short moments we have, even if they are those moments during hard times. So like I said today I am choosing to be happy. And I am sure it isn't going to be easy because today will inevitably be the day that an unhappy customer calls cursing at me. But I have so much more in my life to be happy about then to get hung up on that stuff. I have an amazing family, a great job, a place to live, fabulous friends and I am healthy. Life is far too short and the time we actually spend on this earth is really only a blink of the eye compared to all eternity. So no matter what you are going through and no matter what you are doing today try to join me in my choice to be happy. I am not saying it will be easy and it will take some effort but do it for yourself.