What do you want to be?

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When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. 

I wrote down “happy.” 

They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. 
I told them they didn’t understand life.

Be happy. Choose happiness.




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