Tommy Collison

I was starting this post out by saying that I know I’ve talked about this before, except I realized that it’s almost been a year since I’ve done a happiness post. It’s not that I want to be defined by them or anything, but this does need to be said.

Too many people believe that happiness is lying on a secluded beach or having a dream job where you get paid a million dollars an hour. Therefore, many people will make sweeping statements like ‘I’ve never been happy’ or something equally pessimistic.

Whether or not you’re happy, or have been happy recently, depends on what constitutes happy for you. It’s totally an individual thing – some people think that happiness is nigh on unattainable.

“Happiness” is one of the most relative terms out there. How long does this feeling last? A fleeting smile, or a week long holiday? Are you grinning euphorically for the entire 7 days?

In my opinion, from observations I’ve made, happiness isn’t recognized for what it is. I think that happiness is anything that makes you happy for a time. I won’t name how long in something so arbitrary as minutes or hours, because it depends on the person.

I think we need to recognize the small things throughout our day that make us happy and jump upon them and allow them to make us happy.

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Happiness is everyday things. It’s something totally attainable for everyone.

Below is a song from You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown called Happiness, which gave me the thought of this post.
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Happiness is morning and evening,
Daytime and nighttime too.
For happiness is anyone and anything at all
That’s loved by you.