{"id":5794,"date":"2012-06-06T10:04:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T00:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/?p=5794"},"modified":"2013-08-26T00:03:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T14:03:45","slug":"you-can-be-happy-even-when-your-life-is-shitty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2012\/06\/you-can-be-happy-even-when-your-life-is-shitty\/","title":{"rendered":"You can be happy even when your life is shitty"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to think that generally I am a happy person. I do my best to always look on the bright side and turn negatives into positives so I can embrace life.<\/p>\n

Why wouldn\u2019t I?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Life is not about perfection, which is what the idea of constant happiness<\/strong> <\/a>conveys, or the notion of a problem free life.<\/p>\n

Perfection doesn\u2019t exist.<\/strong> Being flawed is part of the human experience, otherwise we would have nowhere to move to.<\/p>\n

Underneath our human self, however, does lie perfection. It\u2019s that thing we see when a sunflower follows the vivid orange sun to bed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We have that perfect side to us, but our humanity flaws it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The trick to life is learning how you can remove yourself from your problems, <\/strong>rely more on that underlying perfection to give you peace, <\/strong>and to stop striving for perfection.<\/p>\n

Instead strive to be better than the day before.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Problems arrive. Sometimes it seems as they never stop coming. Life can be shitty, very shitty.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But that doesn\u2019t mean we have to duck for the nearest hole shouting,<\/p>\n

\u201cChicken Little, the sky is falling down.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not and neither are we.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not here as someone who\u2019s never had a real problem preaching. Maybe on the outside it seems like that because I am happy and positive and laugh a lot.<\/p>\n

But I also cry a lot.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The past four years have been horrendous and threatened to topple my belief that life really is good.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"happiness\"<\/a>

Pure happiness<\/p><\/div>\n

A financial disaster<\/strong> <\/a>so bad I can\u2019t even think of it without my eyes pricking and my stomach rolling around in the mire of pain and regret.<\/p>\n

Health issues, job issues, relationship issues, I\u2019ve been there I know it I get it.<\/p>\n

Through it all I\u2019ve learned that the problems aren\u2019t me<\/strong> and cannot define my existence<\/strong> or my future path. They are just there to strengthen me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have control over my emotions and how I respond to those events that seem out of my control.<\/p>\n

I choose to own the happiness rather than the shit.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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