This really needs no explanation but it’s amazing how many people don’t take responsibility for their own happiness. They blame their parents or their spouses. They blame the fact that they have no money. They blame everyone and everything for making them miserable.
When my daughter, Justine was killed in a car accident last year I could have just decided that I would never be happy again. Many people who suffer such a loss never recover. They blame their grief on making them miserable. They dwell on the fact that they will never see that person ever again.They grieve the loss of the future they thought they’d have with the deceased person. I miss my daughter very much but I just know that her time was up. I’m content knowing it was meant to be. It was all supposed to happen this way.
I’ve decided that Justine has gone away somewhere warm and tropical. She’s having a wonderful life where she is. I can be happy knowing she isn’t suffering with depression, debt, legal problems, side effects from her medication and whatever else made her unhappy when she lived here on earth. She and my other loved ones who have passed over are all together and enjoying their lives. Someday I’ll join them too. In the meantime I’ve decided to be happy!
Have you decided to be happy?
Cathy Lynn Brooks 
Love this post! ❤️ The decision to be happy is a courageous one
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I never thought of it being courageous. I just don’t want to be miserable.
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It is a brave decision to be happy!
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Brave? I never thought of it being brave. I’ll have to think about that.
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well it is hard to make that choice to be happy it isn’t easy! to wake up each day and decide to chose happy! It is a brave choice!!
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Thank you! I guess it is.
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I read one time happiness isnt just there you have to choose it
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I agree
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It make it easier to think our loved ones are in a happier place. I think of my mother cooking , playing the slot machine and watching her game shows.
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I like that!
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I am very sorry for your loss but I am equally glad that you know how to cope with it. We can’t control everything that happens in life, but we can definitely control how we think! Thanks for sharing Cathy..
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Thank you.
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I am so sorry for your loss. But your message is so important and so real. We are responsible for our own happiness. So many people look for happiness in others, Happiness is a decision we have to make each and everyday.
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Thank you.
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