Are You Choosing Anger or Happiness? Your Brain Is Listening.

Every day, whether we know it or not, we make a choice.

Not the big, life-altering kind you see in movies. I’m talking about the small, subtle kind. The kind that happens when you open your eyes in the morning and decide - without even realizing it, what kind of day you’re going to live.

And if lately you’ve been waking up tired before the day begins, feeling sad, frustrated, or ready to snap... you’re not broken. But it is time for an honest check-in.

Are you choosing anger, or are you choosing happiness?

Here’s what most people don’t realize: Anger and sadness aren’t just emotional states. They’re chemical storms. Your brain - this incredible, powerful, bioelectrical supercomputer, is constantly listening to your thoughts and choices... and reacting accordingly.

When you’re stuck in anger, resentment, or a state of helplessness, your brain releases stress chemicals like cortisol and adrenaline. Short-term? These chemicals help you survive. Long-term? They burn you out. They drain your immune system, your memory, your sleep, and your sense of hope.

On the other hand, when you make even small choices that align with inner peace, compassion, or joy, your brain starts to produce entirely different chemicals:

• Dopamine: the reward chemical that motivates and energizes.

• Serotonin: the mood stabilizer, helping you feel grounded and safe.

• Oxytocin: the connection chemical, reinforcing trust and intimacy.

• Endorphins: natural painkillers that lift your mood and reduce stress.

  
  

These aren’t abstract concepts - they’re real biological outcomes from how you choose to live.

And here’s the beautiful truth: You can teach your brain to work for you instead of against you can retrain it, rewire it, and guide it.

But first, you have to stop handing over the wheel to anger or sadness. You have to take the driver’s seat again.

That doesn’t mean pretending everything is fine. It means becoming curious. It means asking:

• “What am I rehearsing in my thoughts every day?”

• “What chemicals is my brain swimming in because of that?”

• “And what kind of person am I becoming as a result?”

If your nervous system has been hijacked by stress for too long, it’s not your fault. But it is your opportunity.

Because once you start choosing thoughts, actions, and environments that support peace—your brain will catch up. Neuroplasticity is real. You’re not fixed. You’re changeable. You’re trainable. You’re powerful.

So let’s go back to that question:

If you had the choice - would you pick happiness, or would you pick anger?

Would you choose to keep feeding the thoughts that exhaust your system? Or would you start nurturing the ones that heal you from the inside out?

This isn’t just a mindset shift. It’s a full-system upgrade. Not overnight. But over time.

Start small. Choose something kind today. Breathe when you want to snap. Pause when you want to spiral. Smile, even if it’s just to yourself.

Your brain will respond. Your body will follow. And slowly, that heaviness will lift - not because the world changed, but because you did.