I am reading a book titled the happiness project, and I think I will throw up if I read one more quote ordering me to be happy.

Being happy and staying happy requires so much more than a quote. It’s hard, too hard to be trivialized. I wonder how people came up with the idea that just reading that you should be happy will change your mind.

By the way, I am people, people is me 😂 and I’m sorry for my ignorance. Happiness is a conscious effort that requires hard work, patience, and a lot of courage. A lot of courage means a truckload.

Because happiness demands consciousness, it’s difficult to go about every detail of your life staying happy.

It calls for you to maintain a positive attitude, no matter what life throws at you and that you always forgive. Forgiving of not just others but also yourself.

I don’t need to tell you how difficult that is, or how easy it is to give in and be unhappy. But I can tell you to try, even if it’s not genuine, to put a little more effort into it.

Being happy is not as easy as putting food in your mouth, but you have a choice. To be happy or not to be.

I hope you choose to be, despite its difficulty, not just for the sake of it but because you can take on life better than you would if you were not.

Here’s an excerpt from the book that might help…

There’s a goofiness to happiness, an innocence, a readiness to be pleased. Zest and enthusiasm take energy, humility, and engagement; taking refuge in irony, exercising destructive criticism, or assuming an air of philosophical ennui is less taxing.

Happiness takes energy and discipline. Some people are unhappy because they won’t take the trouble to be happy.

And here’s this amazing song from Adekunle Gold ft Fatoumata Diawara – Born Again

Have an amazing day 🤩