Choose to not be reduced

One of the best framings on happiness I’ver heard to date is the idea that it is a choice instead of a destination.

You can be going through a tough situation, acknowledge it’s a tough situation, and declare: “I will be happy and continue with my life as best I can in spite of this, because I choose to.”

As Maya Angelou once said, “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduce by them.”