Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Day Ten: One Confession

I really am one of the most positive people you will ever meet, but I'm not really always happy. I almost always say I am, but it's not true as often as I say it. I just really believe that life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it. I tell myself I'm happy every time I tell other people I am, and eventually you start to feel that way most of the time. This isn't to say that I'm actually an unhappy person or I'm unhappy with my life (neither of which are even close to true) but I really think that habit can make you really believe it. I don't complain about the mundane details of my life that could be considered negative because really, what does it matter? I'm so fortunate for so many things and I simply choose to be happy.
I know this is a little extreme, but I'm a big believer in free will and I don't actually think it's that hard to be what you want to be or feel how you want to feel. The process of controlling emotions is relatively similar to the process of controlling anything in your life.

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