I CHOSE TO CHOOSE JOY

I Chose to Choose Joy

Paul chose contentment

when imprisoned.

A man named Walter

chose to rise from pain

and treasure life.

One named Yehuda

chose words of encouragement.

William James propounded

battling stress choosing

one thought over another.

Groucho Marx proclaimed,

I, not events, have the power
to make me happy or unhappy today.

Sometimes joy eludes me,

making it difficult to choose it.

But when that happens

still there is hope. For I always

have the opportunity, the ability,

to choose to choose joy.

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