Happiness

Happiness; what a cheerful and bright word. It's what we humans long for, strive for, and live for. Happiness. What is happiness? It is different for everyone, and comes in so many different forms. It is a butterfly floating on a distant breeze, a lark's chitter in the tall, tall, trees, and it is the golden feeling in a smile. What does happiness do for us however? What purpose does it serve? Well, it creates a sense of finality, as though the world is finally right. It can turn a frown upside-down and evil into sunshine. Ah, but if only the world were quite so beautiful and simple. You see, happiness often competes with sadness, in the great battle of human emotions. You must balance the cheerful, wonderful side, with feelings of despair, loneliness, and longing for something else. Happiness and sadness really (unfortunately) go hand-in-hand, and therefore we must battle the tears and frowns to turn it upside down. But how? Doesn't it seem difficult to just shove aside the sadness and put on a smile? That seems fake and forced, to me. So what can we do to make the sadness go away quicker and the happiness last longer? Simply put, there is no one answer, but there is one possibility: we all have it in us to make ourselves and others around us happy;it is simply the matter of choosing whether or not to use that gift, and use it well.