Legal

As I picked up my little jello cup at the end of my lunch today I noticed what it said on the top: "Happy is still legal in all 50 states." It made me smile but then it made me think (definitely more than I would have anticipated from my sweet meal closer). Happy is legal in that there are no laws against it, no government mandates that forbid us from enjoying our days to the fullest.

However, it made me wonder, would we really be changed if it were made illegal? Do we really choose happiness often enough that we would be traumatized if it were not allowed? Of course we can all say that it would be horrific, that of course it would change us. Really though, how often do we choose to be happy instead of frustrated or angry or annoyed or sad?

It made me think just a little bit about how happiness is legal but more than any law, it's my own option whether I will be happy in the midst of my days. There is a blessing of living in a land where there is freedom of all sorts but if I don't exercise that freedom then it ceases to have much meaning.

So I guess this is a random post but it was a good reminder for me today that being happy is fully allowed and that I need to choose it so that it can fill my days and overflow to those around me! For there really always is so very much to be happy about!