What matters
Some people think that happiness is getting something. I think true happiness is in our giving. When you give you are selfless and in this act we are vulnerable. Some people feel that this may be weakness. Yes, weakness is something that we have in all of us. But who knows that weakness actually is. We live with it. I am weak every day about something. Even though I may be weak sometimes I find strength when I am giving a smile to a person. If giving those persons in my day a smile, when I may be having the worst day in my life, just to try and makes theirs better, it is something that fills my heart with joy. Something that I can do as little as helping someone read a book in English, when they speak very little English is a victory in my heart. These things may not be a Golden mean or a sence of Eudemonia, but they are in a small way a piece of happiness that we long for. The word Good really means God in old English so by doing these things that bring others joy brings me joy and that Good brings me closer to the real meaning of the word good which is God. Sometimes you give things and expect something in return. When you buy a pen for instance. You give the person at the other side of the counter some money and receive the pen in return. When you give someone a hug or a kiss to a family member you give something that is a part of your existence. You give that other person a realization of Goodness. You give them God. This little happiness in our day brings us God. Brings us the goodness of each other.