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Happiness is a Choice. Choose Happiness

When I was preparing for my first jury trial, I was in my office buried at whatever crazy hour. I was burned out, broken, and beyond stressed with adrenaline being the only source of energy. My paralegal wrote “have fun with it” on a post-it note and put it on my computer screen.

I saw the post-it and she said “you have to have fun with it or you will be traumatized, miserable, and never want to do this again.” She was right, I was traumatized but I was not miserable. Trial broke me but I was ok because I had a good time. It was a mindset. Everything is. My paralegal had wrote “smile” on a different post-it weeks prior when I was equally stressed. I placed the “have fun with it” post -it onto the bottom of the “smile” post-it and viola: we have a life philosophy and I have smiling in the arena.

in life, happiness doesn’t find us. We search for it but it’s illusive. When we get it we want something else. “Your conditions for happiness are the chains of your suffering.” Happiness is a pursuit, not a destination. To find happiness, you must be happy. Smile, breathe, laugh, be grateful, be happy.

We can either be miserable and traumatized or smile, be happy, and have fun with it. I choose to have smile and have fun in the arena. What’s your other option? Misery? No thanks.

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