GWP: Choosing Happiness Part I

First off, I must begin today with a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ryan. I won’t tell you how old he is, but I will say it’s his “golden birthday.” I envy anyone who can remember their (his/her, if you’re the grammar police) golden birthday, since I was two for mine.

Anyway. You’d think that choosing happiness would be easy. We all want to be happy, don’t we? And it would seem that realizing that being happy is a conscious choice and making that choice is the hardest part, wouldn’t it?

But it isn’t always. If it were, then everyone would be happy all the time, and obviously we’re not. The first five entries in the GWP highlight difficult times to be happy in and sometimes difficult decisions.

• Choosing Happiness from the Pit of Home Renovations by Kate Baggott
• How could I NOT by Janean
• Choosing Happiness At Home by Summer
• Cold Turkey for a Week by Lindsey
• Happiness, Now! by Mama Zen

And for some variety, I’m going to add a few posts that I’ve come across that seemed to fit in with the theme:

• Grace In Small Things 1 of 365 be Karen of MiscMum, which turned me on to:
• Grace in Small Things – Waging a battle against embitterment since 2008. The project is basically to list five small things that make you happy or make you think of grace each day.
• Fog by Lucy of An Ordinary Mom—an honest, deep look at how difficult it can be to make this choice.
• Why Comments Matter by Jane of What About Mom—parallels between blogging and motherhood, always good 🙂 . Taking it to the next level, validation, even better 😀 .

Have you seen any posts around the blogosphere about choosing happiness?