Choose Happy Poem by Vanessa Hughes

Choose Happy

Rating: 4.9


Choose to be happy
Take that option today
Find delight
In a contented way

We opt for 'If only'
We had this or that
Our lives would be better
Instead of being flat

'If things were different'
I'd be so content
But if things were different
About other things we'd vent

So be mindful of what
You think you need
Happiness doesn't come
From material feed

Nor does it come from
People or praise
It comes from within
And with you, it stays

Choose to be happy
It's by far the best way
Then watch how your life
Improves every day

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Gilbert Hansford 31 July 2011

Happiness IS a choice...I once quipped: 'Good day? Bad Day? Who decides? '

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Elizabeth Grace 18 August 2011

Ah, this is a glad poem. It makes me glad. Thank you! ! : D

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Melancholy Man 30 August 2011

I think that the way modern world is heading, makes it harder to find simple uncomplicated happiness. So much more emphasis is on superficial & material happiness, that people forget how to just... be happy. Great poem, would make a good mantra!

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Sally Plumb Plumb 29 February 2012

Good advice. but difficult at times.

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Mohammad Akmal Nazir 05 May 2011

I liked the poem. Wonderfully written. Fine poetics. I rate it 10. Thanks for sharing..... Please read and rate my poem 'A humble complaint' on page 2. Please use the search box if the page doesn't open with the title of the poem.

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Julia Luber 22 March 2019

Very sweet succinct smart straight-up poem!

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Ruth Walters 15 January 2013

this is so true but sometimes we forget even though we know it......if you walk down the street with a smile it begets smiles but if you walk down the same street, passing the same people with a frown, it begets frowns....

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Sally Plumb Plumb 02 April 2012

I've read this again. Enjoyable.

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Valerie Dohren 29 March 2012

Wonderful, and so true.

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Roong S 06 March 2012

a cheerful poem..good one!

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