You Can Be Happy, If You Let Yourself To Be.

I came to this realization a little while ago.

It’s not earth-shattering, mind-blowing, or life-altering; but I believe it is something we often forget.

We always hear phrases like Don’t worry, be happy or Smile today or Pass on happiness, but we all know, sometimes it’s just not that easy.

Sometimes you just don’t feel happy. Sometimes you just want to curl up in a ball and just rot away until the universe implodes on itself. Sometimes that’s okay.

I’m not saying you have to turn into the crazy person who smiles at everyone and their mother on the bus everyday, but rather to just be happy in life.

Be happy with the life you are living. It may not be the ideal life, or the life you expected; but life is what you make it to be. Make it one that you enjoy.

I’ve struggled a lot, not with the feeling that I am unhappy, but rather with the feeling that I don’t deserve happiness. Why should I be happy when there are so many who struggle everyday?

Then I heard the phrase You can be happy, if you choose to be. I liked the idea, but the word ‘choose’ struck a chord. Choosing to be happy is not as easy as flipping a switch.

After thinking some more I liked the idea of allowing yourself happiness. That it is okay to smile, be optimistic, to look on the bright side of life.

By allowing yourself to open up to joy, the little things, the small victories; by changing your perspective of the life you are leading to a brighter one, you may just end up happy.