Some people are as happy as they make their mind to be. How does that work!

 For our writing this term Kaupeka is focusing on persuasive writing. This week I wrote a persuasive text about ‘happiness is a choice’. The text had to include persuasive words and a rhetorical question. My work for this week is the text below. :)

Happiness is a choice

Happiness is a choice we get to make. But how do we get to that choice? Psychologists believe that there are ways where we can choose to be happy. First, this can be done by  persistently thinking about the positives. Focus on the good things in your life.  Next, make happiness your number one goal like, create some challenges that challenge and excite you. 

How you can be happy. Happiness is caused in different ways like if you get a reward, but sometimes just exercising makes you happy. When you exercise it releases endorphins which is a happy chemical which puts you in a better mood. But sometimes we are sad, sadness is longer term unlike happiness, like if you fail something you feel sad longer than you feel happy. But if you choose happiness you won't think of sad times longer.

Happiness is a good thing because deep down inside it’s what strives you to do your best and to keep being motivated to carry on.“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions” -Dalai Lama. When my team lost our games in  basketball we were disappointed, if we would have won one more game we may have gotten into the finals. But I chose to stay positive. Based on this experience, I believe that the Dalai Lama was right; Happiness is not something ready made, You have to act on it.

For all these reasons, happiness is something you work for. We are not just happy all the time. You decide if you are happy or not, for instance if you fall over you have the choice to stand up and keep going or sit there. That is your choice to make. Happiness is key to living a better life. If you are happy you will want to move on when times are tough.