In as much as motivation is a self-induced serum. Happiness is a personal CHOICE. Habit 1 from the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People challenges us to be PROACTIVE.  Being proactive would mean to be free to make choices and become responsible for one’s circumstances and happiness. The thing is, ‘If I don’t make choices for myself, someone else will choose for me’, and such is the start of the road to misery. Friends can make us laugh. Material things can make us happy. But they only last for a while. True and lasting happiness is something that comes from within. A decision. A choice. Regardless of circumstances and conditions, happiness can always be present. If we do make the CHOICE.

Better said than done? I would say yes, but still the choice I want to make.