The Key to Happiness

Happiness is probably the most difficult state of mind. To wake up every morning and decide that today you are going to smile and praise the day even though you hold that unhappy sadness inside of you: that is not easy. To smile at the face of adversity is to be very very brave. The truth is, life rapes us all. (If you'll excuse the disturbing metaphor; it's true though.) What changes us is the way and intensity in which we are raped. Some of us are a dark alley and five hateful men. And some of us are a date gone wrong. In all honesty, my life has been pretty gravy. I have experenced lifes little twitches, little scratches in the glass. Sure, people I love have died. But death is as much a part of life as birth. I believe death is a beautiful passage rather than the closing of a book. Sure, bad things have happened to me. But they have happened to us all. I got through it all. Alive. Happy. No. Not just happy. Joyful. Joyful about the life I've been given. I have people to love, words to write, a job to complain contentedly about, a school to create at, the ability to be magnanimous to anyone and everyone I meet. I don't want to come off as a total cornball that is The Glass Is All The Way Full about everything. Shit happens. That is how it is. But the most selfish thing you can do with your life is to be unhappy and angry about everything and everyone. Hatred is easy, love is hard. It is easy to slip into anger and unhappiness and blame this and that for what happens in your life. It is easy to gift blame than to take it. Therefore, I propose we try something new. Because I am getting a little tired of watching people hit walls and bruise only their own fists in the process. It is high time we all get a little happy. A little goofy. A little stupid. Laugh when we fall. Laugh when others do. Take up the Bise- bise, (the French cheek-kiss). Try this with me. One, Two, Three.....SMILE. It does not have to be a real one. Just pull your lips across your teeth in a smile shape. Thats it. Practice it. Perfect it. Happiness start with the choice to be so. It will rarely be easy, but soon, it will be natural. So smile, hug, compliment strangers, compliment yourself. And be joyful. It is remarkable what it does for your complexion. Call me crazy. Call me a yuppy. Do it, I dare you. I'm happy, are you?