Happiness: Part 2
My father used to always say to me that 'happiness is a journey, it is not just one day', and that was a saying which he derived from his mother, who has now sadly passed. My inference from this statement was that, the journeys in which we experience happiness have a great deal of effect on our emotions and well-being. Rather than striving for a happy destination, why don't we just strive to be happy. The journey in which we take to reach our destinations can be just as rewarding as reaching our destination.
I believe that happiness derives from positive external influences. For example, when we have a positive experience that we strongly feel happy about those feelings of content are apparent. I also believe that happiness derives from feelings associated to affection, fulfilment and gratitude. When we experience love, or when we have love for something or someone, happiness can come as a result of that affection felt. Of course when that feeling of affection is short-lived, it can contribute to a lack of happiness. Moreover, gratitude and being grateful for your existence, and the blessings God has blessed you with in life, positive experiences that can lead to success and happiness on a grand-scale can vastly contribute to ones happiness.
Lastly, fulfilment is a key element in achieving happiness. Fulfilment can come from aspiring to goals, and ultimately achieving them. Whatever goals one aspires to, whether it is a professional goal, a life goal, or to adopt a more optimistic outlook on life rather than a pessimistic one. For instance, it is normal to feel feelings of apathy and those feelings of apathy to lead to negative thinking. It is fascinating the way the human mind will paramount negative experiences at the expense of positive ones. In my opinion happiness can strongly derive from out mindsets in life. The mind is so powerful, and positive emotions should be the catalyst of our successes. Positive emotions should also be the catalyst to fuel our happiness to the extent to which that happiness is maintained and we can flourish as human beings.
By NyishaHv
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