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Friday, September 23, 2016

Quote of the Day: September 23rd, 2016

Quote of the Day: I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, “if this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” –Kurt Vonnegut

I thought this was so profound. I found it on my Timehop today from a Quote of the Day I posted 3 years ago and I needed it today, so I’m grateful to my 3 years ago self for posting it. Today was one of those mornings where everything seemed to go wrong from the moment I walked in the door at work. Nothing big, just little things that make you want to go back to bed. 

I know that I often forget to be happy in the moment, to recognize that in that moment I am truly okay with things going on around me. I have to smile at myself 3  years ago, because I’ve learned so much since then and in three years, I’ll have learned so much from what I know now.

But I guess…what I want to say to myself and to anyone out there who reads this…yes, bad days happen. Sometimes bad weeks, months, or even years happen. But there will be moments where if you truly think about who you are, you are happy. And if you can say that, I think it can make all the difference.

Like President Uchtdorf said, (and I’m paraphrasing), forget not to be happy now. Don’t wait for happiness to come to you when you reach that next ‘milestone’. Just do it. That’s what I’m going to try to do today.