You can choose to be happy. That’s today’s lesson. Nothing more needs to be said.
Who am I trying to kid? As verbose as I tend to get, I can’t just leave a subject like that untouched.
I’m a firm believer in choosing to be happy. I’ve known people who always have a smile on their face and a song in their head regardless of what’s going on around them. I’ve also known people who are never happy, never satisfied, and complain about everything. What a difficult way to go through life.
What makes those two types of people so different? In my mind, it’s the mindset they’re choosing for themselves. They are choosing to be either happy or unhappy.
That doesn’t mean every person who chooses happiness always has to be giddy and dance through life. There are a lot of people who choose to be happy that display little or no emotion. They choose to be happy by choosing to not be unhappy.
On the flip side, a person who chooses to be unhappy is pretty easy to spot. It’s much more difficult for them to hold their emotions inside. Sooner or later all that negativity comes to the surface. The reality is no one wants to be around that type of person.
Choosing to be happy or unhappy is a big choice for someone with a chronic condition like Myasthenia Gravis. We can dwell on misfortunes, or we can push on in spite of them. If we choose happiness, it can become infectious or even inspiring.
I read all the time about people who are suffering with cancer or other debilitating illness but refuse to let it get them down. Those kinds of people inspire others to fight harder. They motivate others to choose to be happy in spite of what they’re facing. That kind of attitude not only helps others, it helps them as well.
So, you have Myasthenia Gravis. What are you going to do with it? Are you going to let it get you down and unhappy, or are you going to fight through it and use it as a means to share happiness with others? You get to choose.
Think about it this way: When your family and friends see you down and suffering, there’s not much they can do to help you. That’s the path you’ve chosen for yourself. That places a tremendous burden on them. When someone loves you and wants to help but you’re choosing unhappiness, they feel helpless.
When you choose to be happy in spite of MG, your family and friends not only pick up on your happiness; they use it as inspiration to be happy themselves.
I guess you could say choosing unhappiness is selfish. If you choose to focus on MG, focus on yourself, and dwell on how miserable you are, you’re not helping anyone, including yourself.
Choose to be happy. It will spread to others, guaranteed!