{"id":5307,"date":"2015-01-15T19:45:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T01:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=5307"},"modified":"2015-01-15T19:46:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T01:46:02","slug":"life-is-supposed-to-be-funthe-joy-is-in-the-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/life-is-supposed-to-be-funthe-joy-is-in-the-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is supposed to be Fun\u2026The Joy is in the Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I want to write about JOY! And being HAPPY! Because I had a pity party for myself last night where I got all my tears and sadness out and I woke up today and decided that it is time for me to follow the advice my brilliant daughter Ashley gives me anytime I feel down, which is, \u201cSuck it up, get over it, and decide to be happy, cause happiness is a choice!\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

She\u2019s right ya know. Happiness is definitely a choice. Maybe our circumstances don\u2019t always come by choice (although many of those do too), but our decision on how we will cope with them and deal with them is. We can always choose to change our thinking and changing our thinking 100% controls our feelings. If we choose to focus on the positive we will be happy. If we choose to focus on the negative we won\u2019t be. It really comes down to that. Which means we really do have a choice.<\/p>\n

Now don\u2019t get me wrong. I am not saying its not okay to occasionally throw a pity party for yourself and break down and cry. But I do think it needs to be just that, occasional\u2026and definitely not a lot. So you give yourself a night to grieve or cry or curl up in bed and listen to the Journey greatest hits album (a friend once told me you are truly over an ex-love when you can listen to the entire Journey album without crying\u2026tee hee), but then you wake up the next day and smile and move on.\u00a0 Because life truly is amazing and beautiful and wonderful. It really is. And there is always something to be grateful for and happy about.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.\u201d<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 – Marianne Williamson<\/p>\n

Life is good. And I am happy. And I want everyone else to be happy because there is nothing nicer than seeing everyone with a smile on their face.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sexiest curve on your body is your smile, so flaunt it!\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Have a great weekend everyone! And SMILE because LIFE IS GOOD and it makes you SEXY!<\/p>\n

~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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