This song by Trinh Cong Son, my favorite Viet composer, keeps ringing in my head the whole time I was in VN. What a simple concept, each day just choose one reason that'd make you happy. You know you get it right when you realize you choose the same reason day after day.

I'm sorry I do not have a recording of this song at this time. I'll record it next year on my new CD.



Each Day I Choose a Reason to be Happy TCS

Each day I choose a reason to be happy
I select each flower and each smile
I catch the wind for you to embrace
The joy in your eyes flickers like falling leaves

Each day I choose the road I’m on
It leads me to family and friends
I wait to hear your familiar footsteps returning home
Crossing a carpet of yellow tamarind leaves

And that is why I am happy each day
And that is why at this point in life
I cherish life, with this heart of mine

Each day I choose a reason to be happy
With my brothers and sisters we seek out others
I choose a place for us to sing
And let our laughter playfully flies

And that is why I am happy each day
And that is why at this point in life
I cherish life, with this heart of mine

Each day I give myself one choice
I choose a lullaby to greet my child’s birth
I choose the sunny sky, choose the approaching rain
And let the rice plants rejoice like waving hands

And that is why I am happy each day
And that is why at this point in life
I cherish life, with this heart of mine

Each day I choose to sit in quiet solitude
To clearly see the motherland and reflect upon myself
I came to realized, why I live
Because my country needs a heart like mine

And that is why I am happy each day
And that is why at this point in life
I cherish life, with this heart of mine