Find light in the beautiful seaThe 2 lines above are from Rihanna's latest single. I don't know how deep the meaning of the lyrics are or are supposed to be, but that second line gets me every single time I listen to the song - I choose to be happy.
I choose to be happy
- Rihanna, Diamonds
Every once in a while, I get a little sad or down or blue, like I think we all do from time to time. That happened to me earlier this week - for no apparent reason I was a little mad at the world, a little sad. I got over it after a day or 2 but I started to think about it.
Decisions rule our lives. When we decide we're going to do something - it gets done. When I made the decision to diet down for a bodybuilding contest, that decision was made and I cut out all junk, fast food, alcohol, etc. Why did I cut that all out? Because I decided.
We all know that money doesn't buy happiness - so what does make us happy? It sounds dumb and corny at first, but I think we really do decide to be happy. I'm not usually a mad person or a sad person... but I think we all sometimes get into a funk. Why? Because we didn't make the choice in that moment to be happy and take full advantage of that moment and live that moment to it's fullest.
I think it's ourselves... making the choice. And it's not a big choice we make... it's several small choices. It's making the choice every moment to be happy.
I choose to be happy.