Smile

Kids are so carefree...it inspires adults and big kids/young adults to be the same. A child could get the worst news that they think they could possibly get, and still be able to smile. When you think about how many times a day you just smile or laugh, it's a lot but are you truly happy?

I could say that most days I am happy but of course I have by bad days, my sad days. But what are my "sad days" compared to those of some others who have it way worse than I? I've been watching a lot of memorial videos for babies on YouTube and they break my heart...many of the children have been stillborn and some have had complications prior to birth. I got to thinking, "Why am I so drawn to watching these videos?" They really do make me very sad, but they put my life into perspective. As I'm pouring tears over precious baby Ella who was stillborn or over little Haylee who drowned, all of my cares go away.

And that sounds incredibly selfish. Who uses other people's sorrows to take away their own? It sounds absolutely awful, disgusting. But it goes way deeper than that. I don't do it to make myself feel better, I do it sometimes to cry, sometimes, yes, to put my own life into perspective. When you view the stories of children with cancer or parents who have lost a child, you cling even tighter onto your own family and realize that hey, Life is good. You may have had hard times and troubles and yeah, I have had hard times of my own...

...but just smile. You have so much to be thankful for. Even if you have had terrible tragedy in your life, look for the good. Strive to find the happiness in the smaller things, like a child.