Happiness is a Warm Gun

Happiness. HAPPINESS! In my opinion, happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy, or you can choose to be sad. My question is, why would anyone ever want to choose the latter? I know that life isn't perfect and it can be super stressful, but life is so much easier if you focus on the good things that happen to you. Of course every now and then I have my "emo" moments. But honestly I try to not let my mind drown in negative thoughts, because whats the point? What benefits do you get out of thinking about the bad things? I don't see any. What I'm trying to say is attempt to make the mental choice (daily) that you are going to be happy. You are going to see the wonderful things in life, like sunsets, and trees, and the beautiful world around you. Notice the small acts of kindness that you see others do around you. PARTICIPATE in small acts of kindness. Be selfless. And remember that people will see your example, and echo it in their own life.

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” 
― Dalai Lama XIV
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.” 
― Audrey Hepburn
“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.” 
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“I've got nothing to do today but smile.”
― Simon and Garfunkel

Respect!

Hey guys! I'm here in the good 'ol sunny state of California. I'm waiting for some friends to come and we're going to go walk the streets for this fair they're having. :) in the meantime I thought I'd kill some time and write about something thats happened here.
So on sunday,  my friends and I went to the singles ward in Escondido and we met some really super nice guys. And we've basically been hanging out with them constantly. The funny thing is that some of them arent' LDS, and so they have different standards then us. But talking to them about our religion and telling them what we do/don't do, they've really really respected us. For example; some of them swear like sailors and when they're with us they've been trying so hard to not slip up. Also one dude is trying hard to not drink anymore and we're so proud of him. Even just last night we had this bonfire on the beach and some random guys came around the fire with us and as soon as we told them things about ourselves they tried so hard to be respectful. I don't know why, but this made me so happy. I just feel like if you act a certain way, people will follow your example. And the people you hang out with will act how you do. So if you hang out with party peope who smoke/drink/dowhatever you will in most cases give into that. But since these boys know we've never drank alcohol, or smoked they try extra hard to respect us. I love it. & I love our new friends!! AHHH life is so good. Just know that you don't have to be peer pressured to be something you don't want to be. You can have fun and still live a clean lifestyle. I believe in YOU! :)
I love you guys.
I feel so inspired right now. BYE!