1) obsolete : good fortune : prosperity
all happiness bechance to thee — William Shakespeare
2) a : a state of well-being and contentment : joy
b : a pleasurable or satisfying experience I wish you every happiness in life.
I had the happiness of seeing you — W. S. Gilbert
3) felicity, aptness
a striking happiness of expression
but, in all honesty, how can happiness, something everyone strives for their entire life, the thing that makes the world go round, be put into three words? it can't. why? because happiness for me, is different from what happiness is to you.
today on the international day of happiness, think about what truly makes you happy. i know i did.
the last few years i've been drowning, and struggling to come up for air. and it was like no one could hear my screams for help. i hated school, i lost a lot of close friends, my family went through hell, and sadly through all of that, i lost myself. i the person i was. i lost the person i wanted to be.
i hated my life, and i was depressed.
and then one day it was like i could breath again. i didn't hate school, i felt like i was actually learning. i found people who really cared about me and wasn't just "vacationing" in my life. my family started to come together. and i learned about me. i'm still learning about. i'm figuring out who i'm not. and i'm figuring out how to live this life, the best i can, without going under.
i could never say i was happy. but literally a month ago, i said it:
i am happy.it was a big step for me by saying that. i was afraid i was going to jinx it. but i couldn't be afraid of that. i had to let myself be happy. i'm not naive to think that i won't ever be sad again, it's life. life happens. sadness comes and goes, but so does happiness. jean-yves luloup once said:
"sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being"i was asked if i would ever take back my experiences and i said no. why? because it's made me into the person i am. the experiences made me find the real me. it made me go through hell, to get to heaven.
so today, on international day of happiness, think about what makes you happy and why. if you're not, ask yourself why, what can you do to become happy.
just remember; true happiness comes from within, because at the end of the day, it's just you and you.
happy international day of happiness (-:
xoxo,
l.k
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