Happiness a choice or a reaction?

Tonight I have been thinking because I woke up with this major cold, head felt like a balloon and my nose running like it was in a race to see what fluids could escape faster. So when I was trying to wake up I started listening to Gilbert O'Sullivan one of my all time favorite people. His music filled my teen years and now way way down the road from there I still get the same enjoyment. I thought of how depressed I have been lately with the economy in such a mess and the constant barking between the parties, now I will admit I don't hold any great love for this administration and in fact I believe they are attempting to drag us into a Marxist society. I don't feel that their claims that they care about the middle class are anything but spitting words that mean no more to them than spitting out political garbage. A fudal attempt at gaining acceptance from those of who believe they care nothing about the little people middle class and those impoveraged. They spout out that it is Corporate America that has brought this ressesion upon us without recogonizing that it is Corporate Amaerica that is able to create the jobs and ability for growth of smaller companies that employ the rest of us. Personally at this point I believe that if they don't grow up and start to work together despite their differences no one is going to win. Especially the middle class and those living in poverty. But, I only mention that because despite the affairs of our country which directly impacts the rest of the world economy by the way. That is not what this blog is about. This blog is about whether happiness is a choice or a reaction. I woke up sick but when I allowed myself to listen to music that makes me smile none of the worlds problems seemed to matter for a moment. For in that moment I was sick and have been carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders for a while yet I was happy. Happier than I have been in a very long time. I have have wonderful moments spent with family that made a few weekends bareable. And I was happy while I was experiencing those moments. But I realize tonight in a way it is both that create this feeling of uphoria. It is both a choice and a reaction, We can choose to be happy but when you add something that sparks happier times it is a reaction. So there you have it I believe firmly this is my theory that Happiness is both, a choice and a reaction. May we in this holiday season remember to combine the both and enjoy the season. And may those with the responsibility of rebuilding the ecomony learn and work together. Both have positives they can learn from eachother. May they wake up and realize that working together gets you farther than tearing eachother apart! Merry Christmas!