HAPPINESS

“ I spent my entire life chasing big things. I ran till my lungs gave up and even that didn't make me stop. So i walked at a pace faster than usual because with every step i  took, my goal to be happt seemed awfully close. But little did i know, happiness had existed in the little things all this while. Perhaps those little things that I surpassed way back in my journey.” 

-ZARIYAAA

A combination of 9 letters with 90 different meanings attached to it, Happiness is the ability to feel satisfied and content in your own mind and heart. It is more than just feeling good about yourself. It is a promise you make to yourself to find the underlying meaning to various things around you including life itself. 

For as long as we can remember being happy has always been associated with the act of smiling. It is a practice we all grew up with and gradually got so desensitized to, that our adulthood marked the peak of this practice for we smiled till our cheeks hurt but none of those smiles reached our eyes nor did they make their way to our hearts.

HAPPINESS perhaps is one of the few most ironic words of english language that is for a word that big in size it sure doesn't have its meaning residing in big things. Some days it's in the beats of our favorite song while on other days it's hidden in the good deed someone unknowingly did for us. It's in the simplest of things yet is toughest to find on hard days and maybe that is exactly what makes it worth the chase.

IT IS A PATH YOU CHOOSE TO WALK ON, NOT A DESTINATION YOU REACH.

Happiness is somehow always confused with the idea of a beautiful stagnant destination and that is where we go wrong. Happiness isn't something as stagnant as a place but a journey, a choice that one makes to embrace a moment in hand. It is a choice to nurture hope, invest positive emotions even when nothing about a particular situation is an expected result.

It is a pathway to the goals we set for ourselves, a by product that empowers us to keep going despite the hurdles we might face.

Happiness is not the absence of negative emotions but the ability to nurture positivity and not feel railroaded whenever a negative situation overpowers us. 

It is the most priceless gift you can give to yourself that'll free you from the various eccentricities of life and encourage you to let go of the past, embrace your present and quit postponing positive emotions on the future. Happiness is a choice to add meaning and purpose to your life to keep yourself going and living each moment as it comes to the fullest. 

It is not a checklist but a list of ongoing experiences.

Happiness is something that is as existent within you as much as it is around you. It is not something that should reside in a cage and require a key. Do yourself a favor, break this cage and set yourself free because a key may always have the power to lock you down again but a broken cage never will.