Profound Friday

You choose whether to be happy or not, Dawny. Your choice. TATA.

You know, I don't know that I would have ever thought about the fact that happiness is in fact a choice that we make. However, now that I think about it, I guess there are a lot of cases in life where we are able to choose to be happy in our lives. However, I also don't necessarily think that we are always able to make the decision to be happy in our lives. There are some times that I think it isn't a choice that we've made.

For some , they can Never see that happines is within reach. They see all the stuff that stands in their way. They can Never see it like a maze , where each turn can lead you out and into happiness. All they can see is walls. Wall betwen whwere theyare and what they want. Happiness is something to work for. It is acheived after you do the work. But for many , they just want it handed to them and when it doesn't happen, they assume they will Never be happy.

If happiness is a choice we will go for it, although when you come to think happiness is always a choice although there are instances where it is either inappropriate or very difficult to be joyful! It’s not a bad goal to make each day I suppose to choose how we are going to feel. Practice will make perfect I suppose. I am really behind with my emails because it’s already Monday right now!

You want to know the actual meaning, or the meaning that Blonds would understand?

Let me drag it to a darker side... Does this also mean, we always choose the easy way out? That when we are faced with a task or a problem, we choose the easier way because it'll make us happy not to deal with the harder stuff. Yes, I agree that as human beings we always choose happiness. But I don't necessarily think that it is always the right choice.

WHoa, deep thought. Lets see, I think it says to me that sometimes we have a lot of choices and none of them are happiness. If happiness is a choice, most of us will choose it, but there are often those other times when happiness is not a choice for us.

Our experience always tells us to postpone our happiness, even though we do not consciously set out to do so, but we keep convincing ourselves, "someday I'll be happy". We tell ourselves we'll be happy when our bills are paid, when we get out of school, get the first job, a promotion, a family, etcetera.

Well I think being happy is a conscience decision we make every morning when we wake up....and my point is that if I wake up in the morning I have alot of be happy about...because alot of people didn't get to wake up this morning...and I'll see all about them in the paper tomorrow. However....I think that happiness is always a choice... everyday.

Hi, Dawn! I'll choose happiness whenever I can. However, there are times when it's not an option. To be extreme, I can't think of a way to find happiness when the doctors tell me I have cancer again (not now, fortunately!). It wasn't a choice, either, when bad things happened to my kids. Still, except for those rare occasions when there's not a smile to be found, I'll go for the happy side of things every time!

Don't really know.. but I think I'll steal the first answer here! LOL

Stay = misery Leave = happiness Simple! There are times when happiness is not an option. I've been there. All one can do at times like that is to know that, as you said recently, "this too shall pass" and happiness will be on the road ahead, eventually. Maybe it's not in sight yet but we'll get to it if we keep plodding along.

Thinks: Is it really Friday? Oh yes - it is. Thinks again: Stop running around like a cat chasing its tail: Thinks hard but quickly: Actually Dawn I think that happiness is always a choice if we look hard enough and do some deep soul searching. Even in he depths of misery we can eventually choose how to deal with the misery. If you see what I mean am on the run again.

The way I see it is that we can either be happy or miserable and most choose happiness. I can't help it that life forces me to be unhappy and although I choose happiness, life sometimes shucks.

I wonder how many people said that in some cases Happiness is not a choice, in other words there are people bent on making you feel depressed. Much like a spouse that is trying to control your life and is doing things against your will or wishes. When do two people become incompatible? What happens when these incompatibilities become irreconcilable? I believe that life becomes a prison and you get chained to the wall, freedoms removed. The true path to happiness is identifying this trap and finding ways to overcome such persecution, sometimes the only way to overcome is through the tool of separation. In a place far away from being wounded healing can begin.

it's just another confirmation that life is 99% perception we make out of life, what we put into it

I guess it's like being an optimist or a pessimist, it's really your choice to see things the way you do. Same goes with happiness. But some people don't see it as a "choice" . . . I think those are the kinds of folks who stay locked into their emotions and don't "grow", which is unfortunate. Sure, I'd take the better end of the choices as much as possible!

Hi Dawnald!. I think its mean we had choice not think a bad think thats happen to our life and keep on counting our blessing. Like mom always said seek the positive think in every bad situation at least you can thankful you are still alive if the situation unbearable. I think accept there think we can not change or fix and by accepting it usually made a day more brighter.

It seems to me it is only human nature for we humans to choose happiness over anything else I should think. The opposite isn't something we conciously try to achieve. I try to find some kind of "happines" regardless of the situation. Do you know the expression "there's a silver lining in every gray cloud? I paraphrased it a bit. I actually say "gold lining" though because I like gold better. To answer your question though happiness means good health both physically and mentally. If a person has those he or she can truly be happy. I found that little tidbit out when I got into my later years and the arthritis set in and I noticied my mental faculties were not as sharp as they once had been. I really miss them. Here in Thailand the Thais have a saying that really puts that question into prospective. They say, "IT'S UP TO YOU"! What do you think?