Life Lesson

What to do to be HAPPY

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This is my lame attempt at making a video, because I felt that would be easier to get my point across.  And who doesn't love pictures and music?

Here are a few things included in my video that I think everyone should do at some point in their life (it's not everything of course, my video could only be so long).  And these things won't work for everyone.

Do something you love: Often times people forget to do what they love because they're so caught up in everything else.  It doesn't have to be what everyone else loves, it's your life, do what you love!  I love many things, I just happened to pick cheerleading for this portion, because that is without a doubt something I love.
Watch the sun set and rise: Such a simple but awesome thing.  It brings me so much peace and happiness just to take 10-15 minutes as much as possible and see the gorgeous colors in the sky for a few minutes, and then watch them disappear like they were never there.  
Enjoy the scenery: There are so many awesome places to just sit and think.  I love the little things such as the trees changing colors and watching the waves.
Be with family: I love spending time with my family.  They do get on my nerves quite often, but they all make me so happy and it's important to remember who actually cares for you.  Most family members will always be there for you no matter what. Love also comes with being with family.
Make canned goods: What an odd thing to put in a video about being happy, right?  Haha, yes I know it's very weird.  I love to make canned things with my mom.  It's so awesome to take an apple and turn it into applesauce.  I love seeing the transformation and know what's going into the food I eat.  (In the video there's applesauce, 3 bean salad, beets, and apple butter)
Do a color run: Do it.  That's really all I have to say.  It's one of the most awesome things ever.  You don't have to be some spectacular athlete, because it's not a race!  You can even walk it if you so choose.  When I did it last summer it made me so happy, I'm doing it again in March :) P.S., notice how in the short video clip of the color run everyone has on a temporary tattoo that says "happy".  That was definitely one of my favorite things about it.
Enjoy Christmas: I don't know, I guess since Christmas is coming up I feel that it should be included.  I wanted to add more to the caption on the video, but I could only put so much.  So in particular, enjoy Christmas at Disneyland.  Yes, I'm a little kid at heart.  I've gone to Disneyland at Christmas a few times, and it is so amazing.  Everyone's so happy!

What do these 7 things in my video have in common?  Enjoy the little things in life.  Often we're so caught up in this idea that we have to do these big spectacular things to either have fun, be noticed, or even make a living.  That's not true though.  For me personally, the little things I do bring me more happiness in life than doing anything big. 

A few more things to be happy:  Smile, be positive, be encouraging, be thankful, love, and help others.

I took all of these pictures.  Most of them are from where I'm from.

I'll leave you with a few more photos: