Hello, all my Naija people on Hive. I am happy to write in this community.
Here is my first post, I hope I am welcome.
What did you think of happiness? Can it be purchased, sold, or imposed?
Happiness is said to be an emotion of joy and excitement; having a sense of well-being, and contentment, and also a feeling of being valued or having a meaningful life.
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Happiness is cheap but cannot be purchased or sold. Everybody has the choice to be happy. But it solely depends on an individual to choose what they want; either happiness or sadness.
For me, no one can buy my happiness with sadness. What I mean is that no one can bring sadness around me for them to be happy. This is because many don't want to see one's happiness but it gladdens their heart when you are sad.
That's the world we are living in.
Happiness is paramount to me. I never joke with it. I will always fight anything that tries to take away my happiness.
Everyone has what makes them happy. For me, it is my children. They are my source of happiness and I can't trade it for anything. I have four kids. Seeing them each day brings a kind of joy to my soul. I am always happy each time they're around me. My first child is 13 and she takes great care of her younger ones especially whenever I am not around. I can always leave with an assurance that someone is taking care of her younger ones.
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It is also a great joy being in the house with them
The way they call me Mummy here and there to judge cases, and settle misunderstandings. Most times, when I return from work and feel like resting, their shouting and fighting will not permit me to rest. I somehow love it, though. Lol.
I remember during the last vacation in school, they went to my sister's place for the holidays.
I was happy they were going and I thought to myself that I would have my peace and enjoy the summer without noise, fighting, and settling misunderstandings among them.
Little did I know that I wouldn't be able to cope with the loneliness.
I was able to bear their absence for a week but the following week was something else for me. I started to lose my appetite for food, I felt lonely and had no one to talk to especially when my husband wasn't around. No one came to hug me when I was moody. It was obvious that even my neighbors noticed it and one day one of them said to me
"Madam you are already missing your children"
I only smiled and went inside my house.
After 2 weeks, I couldn't cope with the loneliness. I had to go and meet them.
Immediately I saw them, I was filled with joy and we all came back home a month later.
Since then, I have realized that their shouting and fighting are part of my happiness. I guess every mother can relate.
Here is my response to the HIVENAIJA WEEKLY PROMPT #20: