Choosing Happiness

It's funny, really, how we can compartmentalize our worlds in such thorough ways. I can delve into being a mom and love every minute as we complete our daily chores and accomplish our routine. In these moments, I will embrace these little opportunities to teach and connect with my children.
Then, when I start working on my artwork, I am somehow able to isolate all the other worries in my life and focus entirely on the task at hand. Although the worrys don't ever go away completely, I'm impressed how I can accomplish so many things without living under the clouds that sometimes accompany our circumstances.
So many of us have these clouds in our lives. Some are financial, some are related to family, and so many are a combination of varied circumstances and challenges that life has thrown us. Yet, rarely do these completely overwhelm life and make us unable to continue forth. However, it is very easy to dwell and sit in the muck of life.
One thing that I learned many years ago was how to pull myself out of that. I was able to somehow compartmentalize my life and its circumstances. I pushed through and often lived by the motto: "fake it till you make it".
It might not be completely authentic, but it works. In addition, there is no need to live within the negativity that one has to manage. The challenges will be there and will need to be dealt with regardless of how much we dwell on them.
So, today I am grateful, there are so many aspects of my life that I would like to worry about, but quite honestly, I CHOOSE happiness.