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Happiness comes in many shades; there's is no one-size-fits-all.
Similarly, what may cause unhappiness for one person may be a source of happiness for another.
A person who struggles to pay the bills everyday may be thrilled by a thicker wad of money in their pocket, while a person who is already a millionaire may be unaffected by some extra money.
Unhappiness, evidently, is quite a strange thing. But e v e r y o n e must want to pursue happiness, right? Why on earth would someone want to be discontent ?
But it does happen. Some people do latch onto sadness as if misery is a way to get in touch with your inner self or maybe it's just a way out of something bigger.
We may embrace unhappiness for many reasons:
For Sympathy- When complaining about your problems to someone, a sympathetic person may reply with a response like "oh you poor thing" giving us an ego boost or the attention that we may crave
To Conform to Others Perceptions- We may put ourselves through misery just so that we "fit in" with the rest of the society. Also, we do it to avoid other people making unwanted comments. The eternal problem: "what will others think.
To Fulfill our Ambitions- Sometimes to fulfill our dreams we may have to go through a lot of misery. Getting into a good school for one is a tiring business of unholy hours to get the grades desired.
To Escape Reality: It can also be psychological. Everybody makes m i s t a k e s and sometimes those mistakes c o s t people greatly. A l o s s of something can destroy more than we expect it to. U n h a p p i n e s s may just take over without us consciously wanting it to and instead of facing the demons, some just let themselves drown in misery, hoping for n u m b n e s s. Some may feel they deserve to be miserable, some may have no hope that such a thing exists, and some just aren't willing to reach out and take the happiness they secretly crave.
It's nice to t h i n k that you are happy by forcing that frown into a smile even if it
h u r t s, and pretending that everything is okay; however, true h a p p i n e s s
isn't ignorance. You can only run away from your problems for so long.
h u r t s, and pretending that everything is okay; however, true h a p p i n e s s
isn't ignorance. You can only run away from your problems for so long.
Happiness is accepting that something in your life is not going the way you want it to and trying to fix the situation if you can, but refusing to let it control you. Happiness is finding joy in the small moments in life and savoring them.
Happiness is subjective and is different for everyone. It's a c h o i c e .
Everyone has
t h e r i g h t t o p u r s u e h a p p i n e s s .
t h e r i g h t t o p u r s u e h a p p i n e s s .
However, it's up to y o u to make the first move.
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