Happiness

Is happiness really our choice?
We all have come across a lot of quotes telling us that happiness is our choice, it is like a decision we choose to make every second of the day, to be happy or not.
But then this brings us on to a question,If it really is a choice or a decision we make , then why are  some people feel upset, why are we not all feeling the same? Why would anyone want to choose to be not happy. Isn't being happy a good feeling. Why suffer from anxiety, depression, insecurity, jealousy , any other negative emotion? why does it feels like a never ending quest a struggle for life to fight to be happy.
I am asking you to take a moment to pause and analyse as to what you truly are feeling as an emotion in any situation. Are you in control as to what you feel? or is it something that comes naturally to you.Very few of us know happiness also has its stages, one could call them Phases Of Joy. We all tend to think of happiness as a simple phenomena, but it is as complicated as any other word, it really is. Happiness the emotion we can feel in various situations and in varied ways, one can be when we are a little satisfied about something, such an emotion can last for minutes or hour, then there is happiness that we earn forever it has a lifelong impression, and somewhere in middle is happiness that we often ignore and end up taking for granted.
Coming back to square one, Is really happiness an option, Well it is rather the choice we let ourselves see. With every situation hitting us up on daily basis we have to either choose to look at the darker side or at the brighter side. To either be upset about it or be happy. Now the catch here is you can feel any of the emotions and it wont change a thing, but what will really decide the future course will be how you learn and grow from the challenges you face every second. I mean all of us have different ways to react to situations, however we should all focus on as to what can we do later on, the remedy, the conclusive of that event. Are we moving on learning nothing or are we taking our lessons.