Today I am happy, today I am free, today I am love, today I am grateful for the sounds of life coming through my window, I am grateful for work and productivity. I am grateful for this moment in my life as I embark on a journey that is in alignment with my future self.  We cannot leave the decision of how happy or grateful we will be based on the days, reason being life is one of the most precious and fragile gifts given to us by God. It is one of those gifts that is not guaranteed and one that we know not the expiration date of. Which means each morning we are fortunate to have the element of surprise when we are blessed to live to see another day on the earth.  We get excited about things that do not and can never amount to the value of life why not get excited about something so unique and full of surprises and lessons.  What I discovered today is that a lot of the reasons some of us cannot change our perspective on this concept is because of the people and things we are surrounded by.

This morning I logged on to my social media accounts and I was searching for a funny or positive Gif about Monday to share. To my surprise the best I could find was a blinking Monday nothing with an excited or happy quote about today, now if we think for a second that the world is connected through social media. I want everyone to use their imagination a little if everyone is only seeing negative messages first thing in the morning can you think about the kind of mood being set for the day? Not a good   day right, especially for people that do not spend the time needed in the morning to set their intentions and tone for the day this may have a negative effect on their day. I say this to say happiness is a choice and, in making that choice, we must choose the people and environments we want to be in and the kind of influences we want in our life. I am not saying social media is bad, I strongly suggest that is does not be the first thing you look at in the morning simply because energy is contagious and adaptive.

 You and I may be one out of ten that does not wake up unhappy about any day but the moment we get on all we are exposed to is all the complaints and negative thoughts about the day first thing in the morning, we begin to feel that energy.  This is a part of the reason I personally will not watch the News first thing in the morning or before bed simply because It makes me sad, angry, and confused, and for most people that is how they start and end their day with all that information of all the chaos going on around the world.  I am encouraging everyone to be intentional about setting standards and the tone for the kind of day you want to have and how happy you choose to be every day. Happiness begins with gratitude the more things we can get present to being thankful for everyday and throughout the day take every experience as a lesson but a blessing in disguise. Everything will not make sense right at that moment, but I encourage you to trust that there is greater purpose behind it all. Wake up with thanks giving and joy in your heart, fill your mind with positivity, and love, set your intentions for every day and protect your peace and happiness always. Be unapologetic about your choice to be happy by any means necessary, if that means not having conversations with specific people, not tuning in to certain environments so be it. If anyone asks you to let them know I am busy being on purpose with my peace and happiness you can join me, but I can no longer compromise my inner peace and happiness.