Attitude Towards Everyday

Poverty stole your golden shoes / It didn’t still your laughter / And heartache came to visit me / But I know it wasn’t every after (Jewel – “Hands”)

Who decides how you would feel today? Or tomorrow? Yourself, of course. And just who decides to make yourself cry, be angry… or smile, and be happy? Take a guess… You, of course. Amazing how much control we actually have over our emotions isn’t it? It’s not simply a matter of control, but simply what you let yourself feel and not.

I woke up today and I knew that it’s going to be a bad day. It started out as I’m being late, then coming to a workplace full of angry people, during the first colder days, welcoming the winter ahead. If I had let all of these things to make me frown? I wouldn’t feel as I did earlier. So I made a choice. I decided to be happy, and smile all day long and make corny jokes. I don’t care if I appear to be the only one who’s happy, the only one who’s cheerful. Your only need one little fire for it to spread

And so that’s what I did. Happiness is contagious. And so can sadness. But I think if you want that happiness to overpower you, it shall and it will. I let that happiness overpower me and I let it spread among my coworkers. This is the choice I made today, to stay happy and let nothing comes in my way.

But really, nothing could be perfect, right? 12:01pm, my tears fell upon my cheeks. Life is harsh, who said it isn’t? And no matter how hard you try and separate your work life and your personal life, they seem to always collide somehow. We are, after all, humans. But I didn’t forget my choice. My choice to stay happy, and to keep smiling and not to let anything get in my way. And it was as simple as that, in a flick of a finger. As a returned to my casual work-self, I no longer feel saddened, and this is because I let myself to not be saddened.

You may not eat today, didn’t get your deserved hug, being left out, lost all of your money, lost a loved one, left a loved one, being in poverty, stressing about school… and all of the troubles we face everyday… But remember that today you are still breathing, you are still alive, and you are given another chance in life. Remember that today, you could make that choice to smile and keep walking, forgetting about the horrible past.

Or maybe sit and have some yoga sessions…;)