Happy
adj. hap·pi·er, hap·pi·est1. Characterized by good luck; fortunate.
2. Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy.
3. Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: a happy turn of phrase.
4. Cheerful; willing: happy to help.
5.
a. Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination: trigger-happy.
b. Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination: money-happy; clothes-happy.
This is the dictionary definition of happy. But what does happy actually mean. When are we really happy? Many people would say happy is something which is achievable only by ones self. Having dreams and wants are what makes happy. For we achieve what we want from life which causes us to be happy.
For example, I'm happy because I've made amazing friendships with amazing people. I'm happy because I have a goal in life and I'm in pursuit of it. I'm happy because everything I've done in life so far has been good. I have no regrets. Because regrets are not worthy of mention.
Being happy is normally a choice that you can make happen. For example my brothers and father support Tottenham so are happy when they win (which admittedly is hardly ever), my mother enjoys her job so she is happy when at work, my grandmother loves me and my brother so she's happy when we are with her and my auntie and uncle love walking and exploring England, so they are happy when they're walking in the Yorkshire Dales. This happiness is what everyone craves.
I'm happy when I'm at work, chatting with the customers, when I'm campaigning or talking politics with my chosen political party, when I'm studying the law or sociological theories, when I'm drinking with my uni friends or simply just chatting with any friends.
Happiness, like the quest for the one, is in the path of the beholder. It can only be what we make it. What we want it to be. We can only be happy if we make the most of what we are given.
I'm not completely pleased with this post but I'm going to leave you with the thought for now.
For example, I'm happy because I've made amazing friendships with amazing people. I'm happy because I have a goal in life and I'm in pursuit of it. I'm happy because everything I've done in life so far has been good. I have no regrets. Because regrets are not worthy of mention.
Being happy is normally a choice that you can make happen. For example my brothers and father support Tottenham so are happy when they win (which admittedly is hardly ever), my mother enjoys her job so she is happy when at work, my grandmother loves me and my brother so she's happy when we are with her and my auntie and uncle love walking and exploring England, so they are happy when they're walking in the Yorkshire Dales. This happiness is what everyone craves.
I'm happy when I'm at work, chatting with the customers, when I'm campaigning or talking politics with my chosen political party, when I'm studying the law or sociological theories, when I'm drinking with my uni friends or simply just chatting with any friends.
Happiness, like the quest for the one, is in the path of the beholder. It can only be what we make it. What we want it to be. We can only be happy if we make the most of what we are given.
I'm not completely pleased with this post but I'm going to leave you with the thought for now.
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