I think you can. I think that happiness is a choice we make everyday & our kids can learn that from us. Of course there are plenty of things to be unhappy about & choosing happiness doesn't mean that rainbows follow you around & the clouds part when you arrive. It just means that you are doing your best to see the good & often to make something of a bad situation. Positive energy attracts positive energy. Sure, i could sit & wallow is the mess my life has currently become (& there are moments that i do), but wallowing doesn't improve anything. I have amazing kids. I'm not sure I've ever thought of 4 year olds as cool before, but these kids are the absolute coolest. I have best friends. not just 1, but several, who would never let me fall to far. I also have a vision of what my life should be. Being able to see it, definitely helps. I think the biggest reason my life fell apart is because it wasn't the life i was meant to live.
Everyday i get up & move forward. By example, i hope to teach that skill to my children. I want them to become strong women, who are able move through their lives with a positive outlook. I don't wish for their lives to be easy. I wish for them to be resilient enough to adapt to & improve what ever situation they find themselves in. I wish for them to be women that others look up to. To be women with the strength to pull others up - A skill i think a lot of people lack. Many people use the weakness of others to make themselves appear stronger. It's an illusion that will eventually fade.
To choose happiness in the face of adversity isn't naive, it's brave, & that is a life lesson i want my daughters to learn from me.
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