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Thought for Today

On a forum I read, I posted a thread on how happiness is a choice... One poster said something that just reiterated something I believe:

...I totally agree with you. Being happy is a choice. You can either get down and wallow in the misery with the other poor slobs, or you can pick yourself up, look on the bright side and get on with your life.

Z, my mother died of leukemia on my 23rd birthday. She was 50. I've given myself a deadline (yikes, didn't mean it quite like that, but okay) to live every day to the fullest I possibly can so that once my 50th birthday arrives, I have no regrets for things left undone. (Did I mention my father also died at the age of 50?)

I tell people what I think because if I don't, how will they know if what I have to say might make their lives better or change them forever? I go out and seek things, people and places that bring me joy, because they certainly won't come and find me.

My mother died with more regrets than any one person should have. She never went out and did anything, she didn't live. She touched very few lives, and the friendships she made she allowed to fall away. There were (maybe) 30 people at her funeral. I don't want to be like that. I don't want to live that way, and I certainly don't want to die that way.

I choose life. I choose happiness. I choose to live every day like it's my last, because we never know when it just might be. I tell my kids I love them EVERY time I walk out the door. I never Ever want then to wonder if it was true.

God Bless you Z. I hope you win your battles, and I hope you continue to choose happiness and you live without any regret of things undone!

For some reason, I was glad she posted that today. I think I needed a reminder.

Hope you all are having a good day.

I found this picture. I love that lil' dude. If you look at that picture, you could never be sad.

Posted by debutaunt at November 22, 2006 11:34 AM