Choose To Be Happy This Holiday Weekend

I can't imagine anything the might fix the situation in Ferguson. Sometimes life just sucks and there is no where to go but through the wall of problems we face. You may have your own set of problems. You may be underemployed or even unemployed. You may have lost a pet or a love one. Most of these things are out of your control.  You can choose to control your attitude and choose to be happy.

It sounds silly, but I've been doing morning radio for many moons. I've had to smile and laugh on days that I've suffered near unbearable tragedies.  I can testify that if you CHOOSE to be happy and put the ugly things away for a few hours or a few days, you will BECOME happy. The other thing that happens if your problems are real and you have to deal with them after a happy spell, you'll find the problems weren't so big and/or are easier to overcome.

There's going to be a lot of negative news over the next few days. Turn it off.  If your friends are offering their take on current events, skip 'em on your newsfeed.  If your family can't get it together for the holidays, find somebody you can enjoy these days with. If you get stuck working, smile that you have a job.  Give yourself a break over the holiday weekend, even if you don't get a holiday weekend.  For four days CHOOSE to be happy, then we'll deal with the real world on Monday.