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Happiness: There Is More To It

Stop telling me to "just be happy" it's not as easy as you think

Callie Battle

Jan 16, 2017

Athens, Georgia

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I absolutely hate it when someone tells me to "just be happy." The more you say it the angrier I become. You cannot just be happy. It's not that simple, it takes a lot. Especially if you have been in a slump lately like I've been. There is more to happiness than just having the feeling of being happy. Sometimes happiness is being content or feeling safe. Sometimes happiness is a place or a certain song. Happiness is a lot of things to a lot of people. Sometimes what makes one person happy makes another person miserable.

Happiness is an odd thing to me. I do not fully understand being "happy." One day you can be so happy that no one could wipe the cheesy smile off your face and the next you feel like the world is ending. Why is that? What does happiness even mean? Is there a true definition of happiness since everyone's version is different? So many questions and so little answers. One thing I do know about happiness, is NEVER let someone else's happiness become your own, because when that person leaves you won't know what makes YOU happy. Stop worrying about making others happy and do you. I cannot stress that enough. Never make someone else's happiness your own.

Never stop trying to be happy. It may feel like you will never be content with your life and that you are never going to have that feeling of being truly happy, but it will come. Keep trying new things and eventually, you will find something that makes you absolutely happy.

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Make yourself at home, why don't you?

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