Happiness. It's a choice.

In every little thing that happens in our lives, we could choose how we react to it. I have learned that with everything that happened to me and my family.

Let me share with you my choice… Happiness.

When my brother got sick with leukemia, our finances were really down. Every cent we had was intended for my brother’s chemo sessions. We were all for it. If every cent we had could save him, so be it, we were giving him every last cent we had. And we did. But 6 months after he was diagnosed, he died. I was in second year college then.

I was always distracted. I remember my Accounting professor asking me why I was not participating in class anymore. I just kept it all to myself. I was debating whether to stop from college for a while and concentrate on working instead. I was accepted as a bookkeeper in a foreign company that time. Office hours was after lunch until 9pm. I could have chosen work instead of finishing college but my dad got angry with me when he found out. We stood as a family in that trying time of our lives. We pulled our resources and I was able to finish college.

Three years ago was another trying time in my life. My mom died. She battled with her kidney problems for 3 years before she died. Again, our finances took a dive. My faith took a dive as well. Why us? We already lost a brother and then my mom??? It was a very difficult time.

But just like the cartoon in this post, I opted to react differently. I was depressed at first but I realized that God would not give me what I could not handle. I also thought that time that my mom already suffered so much. It would be better for her to be in her Creator’s side rather than suffer some more just to be with us.

I chose to be happy despite the setbacks that happened. I chose to keep the faith. I just kept thinking that God is more focused on me than on others. And I always tell myself that “this too shall pass”.

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