True Happiness

Dallas finally had a foot of snow in the span of 24 hours. I never thought I would go to school and Texas and see just as much/more snow than my hometown. It is funny how different things turn out than the way I expect. Today being valentines day, I expected to be miserable (as would any single person who has stuff to do on valentines day and see couples everywhere) but I wasn't miserable! I had so much to do and an entire day free from the drama that I had last valentines day and free from any obligations or expectations. I guess I could say I had an overall excellent day. Today is sunday and my church decided to go to do mission work and build houses today with some visitors at the church. While we were there someone said who needs a boyfriend when you can just love the world! And as lame as I thought that sounded, after I thought about it, it was so true. There was no reason to be selfishly moping on valentines day when my life could be ten times worse. And the more I thought about it the less important it seemed to even think about myself on valentines day. How could I think of myself being lonely while I was helping build a house for a homeless person that was as big as the bathroom in my dorm? It was almost ironic that I had woken up thinking it would be a dreaded day and in just one comment my idea could completely change. Attitude has a lot to do with happiness, and being happy sometimes only can come if you are thinking of making others happy instead of yourself. I didn't think my valentine's day would end up being an eye-opener, but this epiphany changed my entire day around and made it a lesson. And whether I was happy on valentines day or not became something so small compared to things like not having a roof over your head when it is freezing outside and snows a foot. It was once again a lesson I hadn't expected. :)