Too often I am told that I laugh a lot, or that I am hyper most of the time. Here's the thing about that: I know. Living happy is a choice I make every single day from the second I get out of bed. Am I happy all of the time? Of course not. But after spending a lot of my life constantly worried about everything, I learned how to make myself smile and how to pick myself up from the bottom.
I choose to laugh as much as possible. I always make sure that I surround myself with people who bring that out in me. One of the most important choices that you can make is deciding the kind of people you want to spend a lot of time with. Always have many different friends from different friend groups and backgrounds, but make sure that the people you are spending the most time with are those that make you smile, and ultimately a better person. Be with people who lift you up, rather than bring you down with them. Choose people who are not afraid to challenge you, and also make you laugh until your stomach hurts.
The reason that I would much rather be happy than miserable and strive for happiness as much as possible is because life is short. I want to be remembered as the one who lived a great life because there was always a smile on my face. I want my laugh to be a sound that those in my life will always think of when they think of me.
There is a difference between choosing to live happy and putting on a show. If it takes too much out of you to smile all the time and be that person, don't be. You are just as good as a person and you have just as big of a heart. But never put on a show and act like your life is great, because nobody ever expects that from you, I promise. If being happy a lot is hard for you, that is perfectly okay. You were made that way, and it is beautiful. We need people like you in this world to show the dreamers that everything can not and does not have to be happy all of the time.
It used to bother me when people told me that I smiled and laughed a lot, but I have learned to embrace that quality in myself. I am hyper a lot of the time, and I do laugh a lot. I can hold a huge smile on my face right after I cry the hardest I have cried in a while. Those are all things that I have worked on and still work on. I know that I can't always be the happy one or the entertainer, and I know that it would not be healthy if I did not allow myself to feel the bad too.
No matter who you are, choose to laugh and smile as much as you possibly can. Watch funny shows or videos when you are depressed. Laugh after you cry, always. Smile at others even if it takes a lot out of you. Lift up those that you love with a smile, and laugh off the small things. Keep your head up as much as you can. Make yourself happy, but let yourself feel.