I Choose You

(Pikachu?) <-- You will get this if you had an awesome childhood.


When we're teenagers, we fancy ourselves terrible misunderstood; living these tragic, dramatic lives - every parental rebuke, sibling argument, BFF fight and break up becomes the stuff of prime time TV series and many an emo moment. And I get it, I do, because its so much more poetic to be a misunderstood martyr, a tragic hero/heroine. But then we grow up and suddenly that all seems very silly. 


Happiness is not happenstance, its not governed by fate or luck (influenced perhaps) but by choice. So I think the average person can choose to be happy. You've just got to stop making those bad choices that deep down you know will never end well - stop fighting over things that don't matter just because you don't want to lose, stop asking someone for more than they can give only to be disappointed, stop stopping short because you're afraid. Because at some point in your life you have to stop feeling sorry for yourself and say "Damn it, I deserve to be happy."


So I made a choice, because...

"Damn it, I deserve to be happy."


Happy Birthday =)