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Is happiness a choice?

Is happiness a choice?

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Tom Knighton
Jul 07, 2023
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Is happiness a choice?
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If you ask Google if happiness is a choice, you’ll over 640 million hits, most of which will tell you that yes, it’s a choice.

Some will tell you all the things you should do if you choose to be happy, but they’ll still maintain happiness is, in fact, something you choose.

Now, I’m on day three of being in a really good mood, something unprecedented, and mostly being pretty happy for no particular reason, and I’m going to tell you something.

It may be a choice for some, but it’s not for everyone.

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