Deanna Verbouwens - Happiness is…

*My four year old pummeling me with hugs when I come home from work.

*When my husband does the dishes…without a nudge (it happens a lot!).

*My seven year old kissing me good morning, without fail every morning!

*Knowing that I still have the mental strength to run 6 miles with relative ease.

*When support pops up in the least expected places.

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I CHOOSE HAPPY!

Barbara Ward-Finneran

It amazes me how many people don't allow themselves to be happy.  Really happy.  Happy in that light-hearted, enthusiastic, positive, energetic kind of way.  Happiness is not a luxury.  It is a choice!  Not to choose it - seems to me, to be a very unfortunate form of self-denial or torture.

Being happy and positive fosters motivation, gives you and edge, makes you look and feel better.  So, why does it's importance get so overlooked?  Now, I know people, WANT to be HAPPY... but they seem to lack the concept that you have to CHOOSE to be HAPPY!  This choice has to be separated from your troubles and challenges - we all have those.  Many which you cannot completely or instantly control or change.