she thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway...
When we were younger, anything and everything made us happy. I've seen pictures of myseld holding a spoon with the biggest smile on my face because that little old spoon made my life complete. As we get older it is harder to find things that make us happy. We turn to music, televison, friends, boyfriends/girlfriends, alcohol, drugs, sports and so on. We turn to other things to make us happy and for the most part it works. But eventually it all gets old; we need something new to make us happy and fufilled. We've tried everything and now we are just unhappy and depressed and lost. Everyone reaches this place in life, honestly there is no real solution. But I was thinking about happiness in general and I think that the problem that most of us have is that we approach it the wrong way. We shouldnt define ourselves and our happiness through the things that we do or the people that we are with. Relationships fade, we become tolerant of alcohol, we run out of time for tv and music, and our happiness also starts to Deteriorate. If you build your house out of hay, the big bad wolf will have no problem blowing it over. We need bricks; a foundation that will hold our happiness even when the wolf huffs and puffs. Wow random analogy that may not make sense. But what I think that it comes down to is that we have to make ourselves happy with ourself. You have to define yourself by who you are and not what you do. We have to put all of our effort into making ourselves content with who we are so that we can be happy. Music, friends, relationships, they may all make us happy as well, but the core of our happiness must be in something deeper; something that goes away with you to college, and when you enter into your life after schooling. True happiness is buried within all of us; the hard part is finding it.
Again with the random entry I know, I was just thinking about this today and attempting to organize thoughts. You may not agree with this, or may not even understand it, it's just how I feel.
I love you all :)
<3
just keep swimming... and hoping
Again with the random entry I know, I was just thinking about this today and attempting to organize thoughts. You may not agree with this, or may not even understand it, it's just how I feel.
I love you all :)
<3
just keep swimming... and hoping