To my children
It happened this morning. There were four people waiting for the elevator. Two were from my office and a lady was from the floor above us. She waived at me and we exchanged the greetings.
While riding the elevator up, she continued to smile and gave pleasant greetings around. I asked her why she was so happy. She responded with more smile, “Happiness is a choice, isn’t it?”
She was absolutely right. Only those who choose to be happy can have the happiness. There are so many radio and TV signals around us. People tune to the stations of their choice to watch news or listen to the music. If you do not turn on the receiver and tune to the station, you won’t be able to listen.
Various feelings such as happiness, joy, sadness, pain, hate, etc. are floating around us. It is up to us to choose to tune into these feelings. Those who tune to the sadness will only hear sad things. They will listen to sad songs and only remember sad scenes from the movies. Those who tune to the anger will see things that will make them angry. Those who tune to the happiness will hear happy things and collect pleasant memories.
Life is a choice, not a duty. That lady really brightened my morning. I am going to have a nice day!