a life of color.

i am just SO into quotes lately! i'll see something i like, and write it down in this quotebook notebook i have. and..it's almost full. ridiculous, right? a full notebook! i spend sooo much of my life doing ridiculous things like this instead of doing something productive.

but then i got thinking..and i decided, it actually IS productive. helping myself to be a happier person, what better/more productive thing could there possibly be?

and then i got thinking..happiness. happiness is awesome. i love it when you can see somebody's true smile.

and then i got thinking..a true smile doesn't come just from a smile smile. it comes from a light inside of us.

and then i got thinking..where does that light come from? how can we just "glow" from inside us, without having a reason to "glow"?

and then i got thinking..could it be others? could it be seeing others with THEIR shining light, that brings US light? could it be others sharing their light with us?

and then i got thinking..no. it couldn't be. because we need to be inspired by that light in order for us to change ourselves to have that light within us.

and then i got thinking..happiness is a choice. it is entirely up to us on whether we want to be happy or not.

and then i got thinking..sadness is a choice just like happiness is a choice.

and then i got thinking..why in the world would you CHOOSE sadness over happiness? that's like picking a black and white tv over a tv with full color.

and then i got thinking..black and white can be just as beautiful as color.

and then i got thinking..black and white helps us realize how blessed we are to have color.

and then i got thinking..sadness helps us realize how blessed we are to have happiness.

and then i smiled. and was happy. and realized this:

i have been through a LOT of black and white, but now. NOW. i want to live a life of color. :)