If you aren't happy it's your own fault

Have you ever wondered why things don't seem to go your way? Do you
often think that if it weren't for bad luck, you'd have no luck at all?
There comes a time every person faces this crossroads and they are
faced with deciding to either live with what life brings them or to
make things happen for themselves.

I remember when I first stood at this perverbial location, it was in
junior high that I realized no one was going to help me except myself
and if I wanted to be someone special, it was up to me to make it
happen.

This life changing decision followed many months of painful worry that
my parents were going to get divorced. Though I wanted nothing more
than to prevent the split, ultimately the day arrived when my siblings
and I returned home from school to find my mother waiting to tell us
that our father had left home. For me feelings of helplessness washed
over me as I took in the news. Looking at my mother I could see that
she was just trying to hold herself together as her children went to
her to comfort their cries of sorrow. I'll never forget the pain in
her eyes as she looked at all of us wondering what the future would
hold.

That day I learned that my happiness was not going to be dependent on
another person and that somehow I had to be strong. I made a choice to
be happy.
It takes a conscious effort to be happy. Every day we are bombarded
with negative input and it's easy to fall into the "Woe is me
attitude." But don't do it.

Stand up for yourself and take a stand. Live each day with the idea of
experiencing the good things in life like enjoying a good cup of coffee
or feel the wind on your face as you walk to work without any aches and
pains or a wheelchair.

Life if worth living, but realizing this isn't always easy.