Once We Decide To Be Happy

Sometimes we look out the window and think "the grass is greener" and we wonder what our lives would be like if we were smarter, popular, stylish, loved like that, married, had a child, had more children, less children, traveled, lived in a nicer house, had the career of our dreams, moved cities & had fancier things. I'm not sure it ends.

But maybe we realize smart people, popular people & wealthy people can just as easily be drunk, wasted, insecure and unhappy. Is it happiness we are really seeking? Why do we keep convincing ourselves it is found in whatever it is we feel we are not? No, you don't literally say that, but when we keep collecting fishes as wishes,
we start to stink.

Life is everything we make it to be. I've heard that and I chalked it up to another life cliche that doesn't mean anything. It didn't mean anything because mentally I didn't care to make it something. But mentally, I can make greatness out of a basic game of patty cake and peekaboo. We could all do a little better at being happy because no matter what our circumstances, that is the only way we will be happy, once we decide to be.

What helps you gain that focus and stay the course is your relationship with Jesus Christ,
His gospel and your obedience.

Magazines have a lot of tips and numbered lists. But really, it's you taking a lemon and making lemonade. It's hard to teach someone how to do that, but a life served for others in the footsteps of our Savior allows it to come naturally. "Unless we LOSE OURSELVES in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives." - Thomas S. Monson

I wanted to write a happy list

natural sunlight

hugs from Miss Lexi

snuggling with Mr Smith

something small but perfectly thoughtful

selfless love from people

a candid laugh

an inspiring novel or movie

the Book of Mormon

and Bible stories

pretty paintings

a clean kitchen and folded laundry

a casual photoshoot

home videos

the smell of sea salt

reaching the summit

first experiences
someone playing with your hair

the possibility of happily ever afters

when my spirit conquers my flesh

accomplishing hard things

recognizing miracles

good food

with good company

blissful silence

pianos & hymns

the idea of angels

the knowledge of God

the concept of becoming like Him

of being loved by Him

and enjoying the small moments

while we have the chance to

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