H a p p i n e s s H a p p e n s

"Life is what happens

while we're busy

making other plans."

I think it's easy for us

to get t r a p  p e d in the way

of thinking that we just have

to get through today, to

get through tomorrow and

the next day and so on.

Although I also believe that

every day should be better

than the last, you shouldn't

n e g l e c t your own happiness

and put it off for the future.

The way I see it,

we can make all the

plans we want, and we

can work toward them,

but when I find myself

(or anyone else) saying

something along the lines of

"once I lose this much weight,

I'll finally be this happy,"

it makes me stop and think.

If we let ourselves get lost in

those kind of thoughts, it

won't be too long until

we have an entire list of

overwhelming o b s t a c l e s

like"once I move out, graduate

college, get a better paying

job, find a hubby, etc, etc, I'll

be happy." All that does though

is give us countless e x c u s e s

as to why we aren't already there.

Personally, I think that those

statements could even be reversed.

"Once I am happy, I will stop

wasting my time and money on

temporary things and save

up to move out, I will have

a better attitude and work

hard toward a promotion,

I will be willing to go outside

of my comfort zone and not

hesitate to go out with

friends and meet new

people, etc, etc..."

Making sense?

Happiness is a c h o i c e,

and once you decide to be

happy, you can leave behind

those thoughts that are holding

you back and move forward

with the knowledge that

you will always be happy.

Just knowing that I have

the courage to s m i l e

despite whatever life throws

my way, gives me a sense

of s e c u r i t y that I

never even knew I needed.

So here's my advice:

If you want to change

something about

yourself or your life,

just   g o  f o r  i t.

but remember that

it might take time.

You'll have your

ups and downs, but

in the mean time

 be comfortable with your

own mind and skin.

Celebrate every little

accomplishment

and just be happy,

because you are

too beautiful to be

beating yourself up.

I n s p i r a t i o n - I has it

Lately I have been thinking a lot

about i n s p i r a t i o n and what it

is that keeps me going when I know

I could probably use a good 

burnout melt down or something.

So here's what I came up with:

1 - Seeing as I tend to spend more 

time driving to and from places in my

car than I do at my house, my car has

kind of become my c o m f  o r t zone. 

If I'm having a bad day I espeacially 

look forward to singing along with 

my f e e l - g o o d music, as long as

it's turned up loud enough that I can't

hear my own voice.  

Haha. 

"Filling my head with words to encourage me,
Gotta get my act so straight so I can truly believe.
That what I’m waiting for, is really worth the wait.
Stop bringing myself down,
I gotta know what makes me great."

This song "And Run" by He is We

is pretty much on r e p e a t daily,

and it definitely reminds me that

everything will work itself out 

one way or another, so I might as

well toss out my stress and frustration

and just be content and h a p p y

throughout my journeys. 

2 - Knowing that I can bring a s m i l e

to someones face just by entering the room. 

The reason why inspiration has even been 

on my mind is because recently a lot of 

people have directed that word toward me.

It's kind of intimidating but at the same time

probably one of the h i g h e s t  

compliments I have ever recieved.

No joke.

I covered names and pictures just because I don't want my peeps to be weirded out. Haha :)

The simple fact that I inspire others 

inspires myself to keep it up.
To keep setting up challenging goals

not just for the satisfaction of 

meeting them, but to p r o v e 

to others that they can do it too.

So  t h a n k   y o u . <3

3 - I have been wanting to mention 

this third reason for a long time, but 

I keep putting it off because I worry that

I won't be able to word it in a way that 

would give it justice, but I've decided

to just go for it or else I never will.

W a r n i n g : This one may be lengthy 

and possibly full of cheese. :)

When I was little I could always see 

just how much my mother a d o r e d her

brothers, and that adoration passed 

on to me probably before I even 

understood that you could love 

people in different ways, and now I 

believe adoration is one of the 

strongest kind of love there is.

Both of my uncles are more than 

just incredible men, they're h e r o e s.

Right now I want to focus more on 

my mom's little brother though.

Every now and then his story pops

up from the back of my mind, and 

I can't help but be so p r o u d of him 

ever day, and be motivated by everything he

has overcome over time. 

You see, there was a point where

he had been so devastatingly addicted

to drugs that we considered him gone.

I mean, I don't know most of the details,

and there was always a little spark 

of h o p e that he would bounce back

from it, but at that point it had 

seemed entirely unrealistic.

To keep a long story short (ish), 

he decided on his own that he had to

turn his life around in order to keep what

was most important to him: his kids.

He has turned his life around so 

completely that you wouldn't be able

to tell that he had been on a road so dark.

I know you hear of stories like that

every now and then, but it means 

something different when you actually 

see someone close to you go through it, 

and there's nothing you can do 

but love and support them anyway.

When I think of how drastically my uncle

has changed his life I can't help but think if he

can make those changes n e c e s a r y to 

become a better person, then I can too,

and I don't even have anything like

drugs weighing me down. It's 

all my own stress, frustration,

thoughts and insecurities.

I'm in c o n t r o l, 

and he taught me that, 

even if he doesn't know it.  

So, what inspires y o u??