💋AUGUST COLLAB💋My #ThursdayThought will be inspired by original quotes written by the lovely @cletasoulchild💋✍🏾 today we speak #Happiness. #AThoughtForThursday: Happiness is a state of mind. It isn't always rainbows & butterflies although thats how society paints it out to be. Life is tough. Adult life even tougher. & for me, being a black woman in my 20's I have to really do the groundwork to consistently remain in my happiness. Opportunities present themselves but with the odds set against you, almost always. But #Happiness starts first with loving YOU & accepting YOU. Accepting where you are in & having the confidence to know that where you're going is beautiful. If you watch #InsecureHBO then you remember the clip where Molly's therapist tells her that she's always talking about the way things "SHOULD" be in her life, instead of accepting the reality of what is. I think she's totally right. How can we truly be happy if we are always waiting for how things should be? We have to learn to CREATE that happiness & find a balance between the good days & the bad ones. #QuotesByCleta #DiscoverHerEssence