[choose happiness]

"Why do you chose happiness?"

"I feel like life is only worth living if you are as happy as possible. Anger doesn't bring anything to you, but if you are happy, you bring a lot to other people. So, why put other people down if you can lift people up? So I feel like I'm always happy more because it gives to others more than it gives to me."

"What was your happiest moment?"

"I work with down syndrome kids. I started a teen night program in Oklahoma City, so whenever we were getting ready for it, we were blaring Hannah Montana at the check in table before the kids got there. The first kid that walked in started dancing like a maniac, and was just so, so happy. I literally almost started crying, and it hadn't even started yet. To see there happiness multiples mine by a hundred." 

It's easy, sometimes, to forget to be happy. To let happiness become a byproduct of circumstance, instead of a daily choice. 

But then we are confronted by the smiles of those that have reason to frown, to be angry, to turn their faces up to the sky and ask, "Why me?" 

And then, we remember. 

Is it worth it to be angry? Is it worth our energy, or our precious time, to be bitter, sad, upset, or otherwise unhappy? 

No. Not for an extended amount of time, anyway. 

Our feelings are important, our feelings are valid, whatever they may be--but at the end of day, what matters most? What is really worth your pain, your sorrow, your tears, your sleepless nights? 

Choose wisely. 

Does your anger serve the world? 

Does your bitterness serve the world? 

Does it serve you? 

Let it go. Free yourself of your commitment to pain. Seek to see the good. Choose happiness.