on finding happiness

Where can happiness be found? Is it found in the people around you? But if it is, then that'll mean you'll always have to be surrounded by people to be happy. It'll mean that when you're alone, you're a miserable person. It'll mean that you can't be left by yourself cause then you'll realise that in reality, you're an insecure person because of the way you need people to make you feel good.

Can happiness be found in love? If love is defined as an action, then that means that you'll only be happy when things are done for you. That you'll only be able to unearth joy when someone is always devoting themselves to you with their actions, filling you with deeds and favours. So that can't solely be where happiness is found because what if one day everyone's been squeezed dry and tired of doing things for you to make you happy? Where then will you find happiness?

Is happiness when you do the things you love? Will that mean that you'll only be happy in your youth, when your bones are strongest and your mind is brightest, when your abilities are the best? It'll mean that one day, when you're old and your body isn't as able, happiness will leave you because you'll realise that the hobbies of your youth are things you are no longer good at, are things your body isn't as fit to perform. It'll mean that happiness will last as long as you are able.

Is happiness found in knowing your purpose? Hey, maybe. That'll mean you know what you were put on earth for, which keeps you motivated to do what you know you're supposed to do. But even that gets tiring. What if doing what you were supposed to do burns you out and sucks you dry? Will happiness be a fleeting experience, then? And what if you never discover your purpose? Will you never be happy?

Maybe happiness is found wherever you place it. Maybe happiness is a tree, with branches reaching into different places. Happiness is in the little things in life, and it's in the big things, too. There is no secret formula to find happiness because it isn't placed in a single place. Happiness is scattered in the different corners of your life. So happiness is found in the people you meet, in love, in the things you do, in finding purpose, but not in these things alone. Happiness isn't a goal that you reach at the end of your life, but is a feeling you encounter in different pages of your life. Which means that you aren't always gonna be happy. But it means that you aren't always going to be miserable and sad, either.

Don't wait to be happy and don't believe that doing one single thing will turn your life around into a constant ball of sunshine. But live life and find joy in your encounters. Happiness is found where you place it.