It's my choice if I'll be happy or sad today,
I can decide to have it go either way.

The way I choose to look on my circumstances,
are what decides if my happiness it enhances.

Feeling sad is not something I enjoy,
so any thoughts that reverse those feelings I'll employ.

I take whatever is making me sad,
and reconstruct it in my mind till I start to feel glad.

I paint it into a picture that makes me smile,
and when the sad tries to come back it meets with denial.

I refuse to think on things that deplete my joy,
and whatever tools I've got I will employ.

I use old memories and my imagination,
and think on things that brighten the situation.

I picture things that are pleasant to me,
that way I can cope with life more easily.

It's my choice and God would rather I not be sad,
so I turn into good what negative thoughts I had.