Nowadays, everybody is searching for happiness, but then, do we really know where to find it?
Is it in money?
In the people that we surround ourselves with?
Or the work that we indulge ourselves in every single day?
Happiness is subjective; it differs per everyone’s perception. To a baby, happiness is breastfeeding and good sleep. To a child in the USA, happiness is being taken to Disney land, while somewhere in the world, another child’s happiness is to have food on the plate.
Happiness is dictated by the standards that society has imposed. The community you hail from also contributes to things you think will bring happiness. With all these differences in what happiness means to us, the end goal tastes the same to all of us.
Personally, I have realized that happiness disguises itself in the little things we take for granted. It is in the ideology that nothing lasts forever, and we are all prone to change. The freedom of walking your path, dancing to the beat of your drum, that’s happiness.
Doing what sets your heart on fire, being the you that no one else can achieve. If you reach that point in life, be it having the money you have always wanted or going to that destination you have always dreamt of, then we call that happiness.
Whatever your heart chooses to be the epitome of success, something that you have done that would have surpassed other actions in satisfaction. When you reach that point when you are content with your little, that’s also happiness.
When you don’t see the need to fake it till you make it or need to be approved by others. When you find this feeling, stick to it, nurture it, grow it, and, if possible, share it with others.
Elation Space 