𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀

Warning: I don't know what happiness is or how to be happy. I'm just writing my thoughts on the emotion "Happiness". It could either be an enlightening piece or a total nonsense, more chances of being the latter.

So, what is happiness? The dictionary defines it as a state of well being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. In simple terms, being content/joyful about something/someone. "I'm happy that you got this job" . It means the person is content and glad that the other person got the job.

While it seems fairly simple when you see people being happy, my question doesn't stop there and I really have some more questions. Why is it tough to be happy? Most of us haven't done anything wrong or regret that burdens our heart. Then why is it hard to be happy. Another warning, this is an experimental piece. Could sound nonsensical. Read on at your own peril.

Life isn't easy and we all have our own sufferings. It's an uphill task to find motivation to get up from bed each day to face the next curveball that life is ready to throw. Yet, we all have hope. We all believe that we will achieve our dreams some day. We all believe that life could get better someday. In short, we all believe that we can be happy someday.

Say, we achieve what we want. Our dreams have come true and we finally attain "happiness". Why is happiness so unattainable? Why do we have to struggle so much to just "be happy". Come to think of it, we are the reason behind our "unhappiness". It's us who set the goal. It's us who set that the goal will make us happy. It could be based on any number of reasons but it's undeniable that it's human tendency to set the most toughest as the validation for happiness.

I myself am not happy. I don't remember the last time when I was truly happy and I am my own destructor of my happiness with needless thoughts that distance me from being content/joyful. We are the reason for our sufferings. Our actions and thoughts are the reason for our sadness. I am not advocating that we should stop aiming high and settle for simple things. My point is to be happy in the journey rather than the destination.

The destination will keep on moving. My destination when I was in school was to get good marks to get a good college. Then it was to land a good job. Now to climb up the ladder to reach the top. The destination will continue to move until you die. The Human being is not content with what he has. The search for the next thing continues. Hence, it's our duty to be happy with the proceedings, that we did good. Happiness gives hope. Hope helps us achieve. The achievement yet again brings happiness. It's a cycle.

I am ending my rambling by reiterating the line I wrote above, I really liked it. Be happy in the journey rather than setting the destination as the criterion for happiness.

#DissectingHappiness