Happiness. To me, it is the most
important thing in life. What is the point of living if you aren't happy? You
have to smile every once in a while! You just have to be happy, but of
course....you can't always be. Everyone wants to be happy, don't get me wrong,
there are just certain things preventing people from being happy. Whether it be
family, school, people in general, just life in general, we can't always be
happy. Life has its ups, downs, twists, and turns. Everyone goes through the
rollercoaster that is life.
Let me give you a speech that
generalizes my view on life and happiness, right here right now, from a classic
movie. "The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and
nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees
and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit
as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you
can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving
forward. That’s how winning is done! Now, if you know what you’re worth, then
go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits,
and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or
her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!"
I'm not going to lie, I might seem
like a "happy go lucky" kind of guy, but my past wasn't all sunshine
and rainbows. I was a nobody up until 11th grade, and even then I was still in
a bad time. I've been neglected by a lot of people, besides my family, and it
was pretty terrible. I was that nerdy kid who wanted to be friends with
everyone and just be happy, but I guess I wasn't a likable person. I was picked
on a lot, people avoided me, called me all sorts of names, strangled me, punched
me, and more. This stuff ruined my life, made me cry a lot, thinking that
nobody ever wanted anything to do with me. When 11th grade rolled around I
joined sports and got a lot more athletic and social, without these sports I
probably wouldn't be alive today. It gave me a place to be somebody....it made
me happy. This happiness also came with a lot of maturity. I gained a pretty
open mind from my social stand point. I wasn't the "popular guy" or
"the nerd", I was just an average seeming person. This gave me such a
wide view on everyone else's lives. I understood everything, how people think,
why they did certain things, and I became very mature from it. I also learned
not to judge just because someone is different than the average person. Society
changes everyone, for better or for worse, and sometimes I can't blame them for
who they become. This knowledge made me sorta special in a way. This
knowledge allowed me to make better
choices, especially friends. The way I started living my life, made me truly
happy, and I won't let anyone destroy what I hold dear to my heart anymore. All
these past experiences, and more things that I can't really fit into this blog
post, made me who I am today.
So anyways, back on topic,
happiness. An example that ties in with this control of life's happiness is in
"The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Awakening". Both of the
main characters in these pieces of literature have their lives controlled by
others, and it ruins their sense of happiness. They lost their independence and
pride, which caused them to lose themselves. Edna and the narrator of "The
Yellow Wallpaper" are both seized by society and their husbands, to the
point where they can't even make decisions for themselves without permission.
Both go insane. As stated before, happiness is essential to life, without it
I'd go insane as well.
So yeah...if that nonstop rant and
ramble of words made sense to you, then I achieved my goal of getting my point
across while also managing to do everything required for a monthly blog.
Honestly I have a really amazing view on life, you probably can't tell from
what I just wrote, but hey I tried. I will depart with one last saying. "Hakuna
matata", it means no worries, for the rest of your days.
