Choose to be happy

Throughout the day when browsing through my social media sites I see people negatively commenting on the lives of other people. I've read comments like "she looks too happy" or "why is he with her", or "she's not really all of that" and so on. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but why waste your time putting negative energy into the atmosphere? Why publicly comment about people you don't even know?  Many of us were taught as children that "if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all". That seems to be easier said than done, so let's just assume that people are going to continue to talk and it won't always be good. What I am really coming to grips with is that people will always have something to say, so why not just do what makes YOU happy. Every day I am learning to take that extra step towards taking control of my own happiness. Whether it's buying myself some flowers during my grocery store runs, or literally laughing out loud at my corny jokes. All I know is that my happiness lies within myself not in the hands of commenters passing by. So my advice to you is to follow your heart and choose to be happy! Don't allow haters to contribute anything other than motivation to your life.

Just a thought.:)

xo,
jessica ann