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Being Happy

By Lizzy AllenPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
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As I woke up this morning heart broken and sad, I tell myself I am the only person to change how I feel. Life has thrown so many challenges at me and so far I have crawled out of every deep dark hole I've been in. They say only the strong can survive sometimes I don't feel strong at all I feel weak, I feel so venerable but, I'm still standing so I got to be strong right. As look in the mirror and see my reflection, I say today is going to be a different, I'm going to let the heartbreak go and let go of the sadness and build happiness with my children. I don't want them to see negativity. I want them to learn the same as I am trying to learn, I want them to turn negatives into positives as well. This is for their future, for any mother out there we never want to see our children suffer with sadness. As I'm looking into my reflection I know other women are out there suffering the same as I have, I have conquered my past of abuse, mentally, physically, and verbally. It has taken me a long time to become who I have become. I lost myself many years ago thinking I had to stay for my children. But I am here to encourage and help anyone I can man or woman. I have learned how to delete any negatives out of my life, this can conclude people and social media. Anytime a negative person, quote, and comment is said to me I try I delete it right away, that saying in one ear out the other. That's right, I pretend I didn't even hear it. If there is a negative around it will automatically have you thinking negative and change your mood. Delete the comment or even the person. To be happy, you have to hang around happy people that have similar goals as you. Rewire your brain or redirect your thinking, these will be benefits to your life and bring positivity and happiness. We all fall down but with just a couple of the right people around we have the support and strength to get right back up. In today's world people fall and that's it, they failed and can't move forward. you have to look at failure as a lesson learned. Its like a log in the road you have to move it to continue driving, we get up, get out and we move it and then we continue our journey. Nothing is going to stop us from happiness. So, today as you read this set yourself a goal of two weeks of blocking out negativity, Do whatever you got to do to steer clear of negative people, thoughts, comments and social media See how you feel after two weeks of nothing but, happy people laughter and happy thoughts. It changes your perspective on so many valuable things in life. One last thing before I end this today. My daughter came to me a week ago and said mom I know how I want to dress but no one dresses like that, I said delete your social media and quit looking at these women you want to dress like, because you are not shaped like them, you do not look like these models or these girls your age. Later that night I was out driving and she had text me and said guess what mom, I said what is it darling, she said I deleted my social media because I want to be me. I'm going to dress like I want to dress and listen to the music I like and I'm going to be happy how I want to be happy. This made me smile, she has now recently dressed how she wants and seems happier not competing with the girls and women on social media. This was her first sign of happiness. Being herself.

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Lizzy Allen

When you are at your points in life, is it defeat and failures? Failures are only lessons so you can get to your highest achievements with knowing how to succeed.

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