Entry 2

How can you define your happiness? Is it through the fact that you are alive, you have a family, you are a healthy human being, you have someone that loves you, or you have no stress in your life? Could you're greatest happiness come from the fact you currently don't have any issues to deal with? Or the issues that used to stress you out are no longer of importance? Throughout this year, I've asked myself this question time after time. Maybe it's because of all the things I have been dealing with from family life, school life, work life, etc.

I'm almost positive I’m not the only one who has thought/asked themselves this same question. 

How do you know if truly are happy? Is there such of thing of finding that perfect happiness, or do we have to go through certain situations in life, ranging from joyful moments or moments so sad it’s hard to even bare?

               I think it comes from a variety of these moments. Sometimes we have to go through the hard to realize what really have in our life. And it's also important to go through the moments where you experience great joy, and from that we can realize what it feels like to be happy in those times where we may feel sad or even just grateful.

                Your mind’s power to contain infinite memories can be an incredible blessing to realize what makes you happy. I know for me, when I look back to things that have happened in the past, I remember the great moments that I had with my friends, the times where I laughed so hard, or the most empowering, the times where I was able to make another person happy.

We all find our happiness in different ways. That could be from service to others, treating yourself to something, being in Mr. Wood's class, or seeing the smile of someone you love. 

We all can define it by our own personal experiences, situations, or whatever. The important part to remember is to always look at the bigger picture and reminisce back into those moments when you experienced joy and open yourself to new moments of happiness every day in your life. Regardless of what you may be dealing with, it’s almost essential for our mental being to search for the beauty in each day and smile. Because why not be happy?

                If there is a key to true happiness, I don’t believe its lies within the means that everything has to be perfect, but through the fact that you've opened that door to look past imperfections and appreciate what you do have.