Happiness

Happiness. We all want it. It's the care free feeling that everything is in place and nothing is wrong. Reality is there will always be times that you are unhappy. Happiness is a mood and it isn't permanent. However, there are so many things you can do to make the mood more prevalent. My boyfriend pounded in my head week after week that I needed to make decisions that would make me happy. What? I thought. I am happy. But he was right, I wasn't. I was making decisions solely to make other people happy or not mad at me. I slowly started to realize the hole that I was digging. It is a never ending cycle because people will not always be happy with you and that's okay. Changing the way I think has made me so different in the fact that I don't feel weighed down. I feel more free than I've ever felt because I let go of the negative things and pushed forward to my future. I am beyond excited because I am on such a straight path now. I know what I want to do for a career, I have positive people surrounding me, I have an amazing God who listens to my prayers and above all I am the happiest I've been my entire life. My advice to anyone is to give up whats weighing you down. No matter how hard it is, you have to think for yourself. I know my boyfriend will look at this and say "I told you so." And I couldn't care less to admit that he's right. Everyone deserves to feel this good. I know like I said before, happiness isn't permanent, but there is never a limit on how happy you can be.

Ready to Begin my Career

My Jeep pulled into the gravel drive and I eagerly stepped out and began walking to the the front door. I peered around the corner to find the first two rooms. Upon opening the door my nose filled with the smell of cat dander and my heart filled with instant love. The cats pranced around the room without a care. Some sleeping, some playing with toys and some purring as they rubbed against my legs. All my life I have wanted to do something with animals. My mom always jokes about how my first career option as a five year old was a "dog walker." Deciding a major became a daily struggle that consumed my every thought. I wanted to do something that I loved that would also pay the bills. It became clear to me over the last month that I was neglecting what I have always loved, animals. I always hesitated to work with animals because it meant working with cats which I am allergic to. But walking into the humane society, I couldn't be more sure. Walking down the narrow hall, I walked into the room where the dogs were. I saw one of the workers carefully helping puppies to learn their new surroundings and I couldn't help but see myself doing something like that. The whole time I walked through I was thinking about how I could use my time to do something better. I am truly excited about what is to come for my future career. I thank God for the answered prayer about my confusion of where I am supposed to go. I feel strongly that this is where I am lead and can't wait to help one paw at a time.