Raise your hand if life's got some unpleasant or just downright difficult challenges right now. ✋🏻✋🏼✋🏽 Literally everyone I know or meet is juggling some heavy stuff. It starts to feel like an emotional black hole sometimes, and while I truly do my best to maintain a robust level of hope, optimism, gratitude and yes, happiness, sometimes that's easier said than done. I'm lucky to have built both a brand based on happiness, and, more crucially, a support network of family, friends and colleagues who are amazing humans, too. I have spaces where I feel safe trusting these folks with the realness of my life. It makes such a difference, y'all. I spent decades behind walls I built out of fear, and I don't judge anyone who's doing the same thing right now. Sometimes that IS your best option in the moment. If you want to move out into the light, though, know that there are people who care. Probably more than you know about, especially if you're in "distressed armadillo" mode (by which I mean rolled up tight just hoping to survive). My aunt sent this little gem which arrived today.💖 It symbolizes my whole paradigm. For me, Happiness truly is Courage, and living a life dedicated to helping others find their happiness is sweeter than any honey. #happinessiscourage #Gratitude #ChiefHappinessOfficer https://www.instagram.com/p/CLhgRj5DonC/?igshid=7k8pstz3cwh1