Choose To Be Happy

Choose to be Happy I am happy because I choose to be; my life is far from perfect. Others are content but I make conscious choices to be Happy and to be a positive person. You don’t have to be rich or have a lot of money and material wealth to be happy. Many wealthy people are poor in Spirit with all the money, fame and things that they have. This Christmas Eve night as I write this poem I think about how I manage my money focusing on my needs first and then my wants. I ask myself: Can I afford that? Do I need this? Can I wait for the store price to go down and get that dress on sale? I hope that once I am financially stable with a decent job I can have a coat drive for kids age 1 through 16 in Trenton, New Jersey when every boy and girl gets a cute new coat and I hope that my story inspires others my battle with mental illness over 19 years…