don't forget to be happy

i couldn't get the adorable picture of the african girl. so here are my random thoughts of the day instead:

thoughts.....
....i want a speaker on my shirt like Raj on the Big Bang Theory so i could have music to dance to any time i want. it would be like living with a soundtrack...which sounds fantastic! "he's doing his own theme music?" :)
....last night i had a dream in which i lost 3 teeth. i looked online on dream interpretations and apparently that means i'm stressed or insecure about something. i am not quite sure what exactly i'm stressed or insecure about. although today was one of those days....you know the kind of day when you don't want to eat dinner when you come home but instead something like ice cream or chocolate. or today's pick: joe-joe's. joe-joe's are trader joe's holiday version of oreos...with peppermint inside. mmmm... perfect dinner for tonight.
....today i saw Les Miserables at the National Theater. first time seeing it live. i was struck by many points of the story. and pondered much while i was watching it. mostly on how ironic it is that we talk about wanting peace and yet still make weapons to hurt each other and we value human life so little, how we often judge that justice is always the best route and forget about mercy or repentance, and how much i wish i could go around singing at the top of my lungs all day to express my feelings.
....i love kids. they are so carefree and forgiving. they are generally happy and just enjoy the things of life. i very much prefer their company to adults who complain and argue and doubt and hold grudges and are so serious. i love laughing with kids. how much i wish i could do that all day. (...future plans starting to look more and more fitting) i tutor a 7th grader every thursday and it is honestly the best part of my week. she gave me a Christmas card today and thanked me for being so jolly like the Christmas season. :) totally made my day. isn't it amazing how little things can make such a difference? its like we have to be reminded of things over and over...every day really. and really reminded that we already knew what we are being reminded about, we already knew how to be happy, but somehow in the crush of worries and in the rush of life we forget. be like kids - Christ told us we are to be like little children. and I think it's because they have not forgotten how to be happy. we are commanded to be happy: men are that they might have joy. don't forget how to be happy!