Love, Dove

Today has been one of days for me, the kind you push yourself forward just because you know you have to. I was feeling very tired and had to force myself out of bed to prepare for the day. Off I went and as usual with me, once I was up and doing whatever it is that I need to do I felt fine and happy. Towards the end of work today, I grabbed a Dove Chocolate. We have a stash in the workroom and I thought I should have a treat. After all, our class successfully made it to chapel (although we were late) and they all listened and sang the songs. Ah, the sweet caramel chocolate square...well, if you have every had a piece of Dove chocolate then you know they all have some kind of saying in the wrapper. Mine was...Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances. Love, Dove
I took that to heart as I walked to my then empty classroom. Life has thrown me into quite a journey lately. I've had my own health issues, health issues of family members and my husband's job loss then his new job with a new schedule for all of us to adjust to. Some days I have not been all that thrilled with all these new things we have to face. I thought about all the months we just kept on working and figuring things out day by day and realized, we were still happy. Happy amongst all our turmoil and heartaches.   Dove reminded me of that. Happiness is a choice. Though life sends many hardships at us, we all have a choice. In this world of instant gratification and numerous wants at every turn we take, sometimes it's easy to become discouraged, tired and grumpy. But we have a choice, we can take those hardships and make a great testimony for our Lord out of them. I am not quite sure what my testimony is just yet. I only know I am on a journey and I am trying to keep making the choice to be happy about it.