I Want To Be Happy, Not Just Look Happy
It is important to be happy. But is it necessary to go out and seek happiness? What if you are already happy?
We may not always have a smile on our face, but sometimes we have to force ourselves to do so. Have you noticed that sadness is not received so badly well? Unconsciously, we mask the negative emotions we feel.
Being happy is not what they have told you
Where can we find happiness? Since we were little, we have had some steps to follow to achieve it. One of them is to find a good job so that we can survive and have financial security.
But happiness is not only in the workplace, but also in our relationships. Having a partner and children will be important to many. But what happens when the result is not what was expected? What if we continue to be unhappy?
When, despite all these steps, we fail to find happiness, sadness falls on us and makes us feel terrible. This is when we may begin to think that we may not deserve to be happy.
All the guidelines that mark our path to being happy create expectations that are very difficult to meet. For happiness is not what they have told us and we must open our eyes and look around.
When you do this, you will realize that it is not those who have more who are happier and that it is the humble people who always smile. The reason for this is that they appreciate the little they have and because they know that happiness is not achieved with possessions or successes. Being happy is an attitude.
These people know that they do not need anyone else to smile. They also do not feel unsuccessful because they have accepted that life is hard and that you do not always get what you want. Despite all this, they are optimistic about the future and continue to fight for what they want.
Do I have to be happy?
In a way, we are forced to be happy, to give our best smile when we just want to cry. Just look at the self-help books that always try to make us feel better.
The big problem is that it is impossible to be happy 24 hours a day. This is because positive emotions exist with negative emotions. When we know the latter, we always try to escape because we believe that they are not good for our well-being.
For all this, in most cases we show our best smiles and try to be happy. It seems that we are becoming more accepted in this way, so that we can integrate more easily. Positivity wins because everyone makes us feel better.
But this hides our feelings when we really feel sad. Without realizing it, we can shut ourselves in with sadness, false laughter and even laughing eyes with a terrible inner pain.
The choice to be happy
Being happy is a state of mind that coexists with many others, just like sadness or other emotions within you. If you look within yourself you will notice that it is from this place that all the options that you can control to be happy are born.
Appreciate what you have around you and stop pretending that you are always right. Never let anyone or anything force you to be something you are not. Happiness is within ourselves. And you, are you happy now?
