Happiness is the state of being happy, people react differently when it comes to being happy, happineas can be tied to many things, to some family, to some accomplishments, some marrying the love of their life, and to others' finances.
Growing up as children we were always happy, it's very hard to be unhappy, though some uncles and aunties can make it their priority to make you sad then they buy you something to regain your happiness, it was that easy when we were younger.
As an adult the reverse is the case, we've developed the habit of being unhappy for certain reasons best known to us.
Permit me to say happiness comes from effort. What are those efforts you put in to make yourself happy,
In some instances: in a relationship, both parties have to put in the effort to make the relationship work, and plenty of effort means a healthy relationship, now think reversal of the case yeah I thought as much.
In a family parents put in a lot of effort to keep a happy home, like providing for the home, clothing, and many more, provision requires hard work and effort, what about a situation where no effort is put in place? In some cases, happiness comes naturally but to maintain that happiness effort has to be put in place.
Imagine you have a good paying job but the working conditions aren't favorable poor you need it, what do you do to make yourself happy in such an environment, yeah I know you'll try to make it conducive most times you'd feel like quitting but you can't cause if you do sapa will be staring at you, the process of not wanting to quit your job what do you do? "effort".
A lady who has wanted to get married for long finally finds a man and they get married, some people caption that day as the happiest day of their life so what happens next after that day?
Tying happiness to certain things or outcome can result in a fragile and conditional sense of well-being, we all know life is unpredictable and circumstance changes.
Relying on external factors for happiness may make it difficult when faced with an inevitable situation.
Some of us have lost a loved one before right, when my mum died I felt my world scrambling, I was telling myself my happiness had left me, how can I ever be happy again, that feeling yeah I get but here I am I still remember her being a huge part of my life but that doesn't mean I won't be happy again.
I feel happiness shouldn't be tied to a particular thing, so when you lose that thing it means you can never be happy "Nope". I Put in the effort to always make myself happy because I am all I have, if anything happens in the end I'll still fall back on myself.
Always do what makes you happy and know that happiness requires intentional actions and choices, always remember happiness comes from effort never forget that.
Image were taken with my phone.
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