How To Be Happy

Dear journal,

So the ultimate question is how do you be happy? I mean in the end that is what everyone is trying to achieve right? Why does everyone do what they do, just for the sake of it? I don’t think so.

If you ask me what the purpose of life is I would say “To be happy!” and I’m sure that it is too for many people. I hope to gain happiness through my actions and that’s why I do what I do. That’s why I do the tedious task of studying even if I hate it. I know that if I study I can have a bright future and hopefully not so far off in the distance I can be happy.

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” –john Lennon

Although it’s good to plan and to organise we shouldn’t worry too much about the future or dwell too much on the past after we’ve learnt our lesson. Live in the moment: as that’s what counts.

“Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow. Do you know what you’re doing when you spend a moment wondering how things are going to turn out with Perry?

You’re cheating yourself out of today. Today is calling to you, trying to get your attention, but you’re stuck on tomorrow, and today trickles away like water down a drain. You wake up the next morning and that today you wasted is gone forever. It’s now yesterday. Some of those moments may have had wonderful things in store for you, but now you’ll never know.” - Jerry Spinelli, Love, Stargirl

Although everyone is encouraged to happy, it should be obvious that we can’t be happy all the time. If we were then it wouldn’t be happiness, we need to have experienced sadness to know what happiness is. But be happy whenever you can, definitely.

Smiling. Ah yes, smiling. A mask? Perhaps, but if you put it into another perspective smiling is amazing. If you force a smile when you’re unhappy it can turn things around instantly; it also relieves stress and boosts your immune system. It’s such a simple action! How amazing is that? It’s so simple that even new-borns can smile! It’s contagious as well so if you smile people around you smile and it creates a positive atmosphere. Wee smile for you journal. :D

I guess the truth is different things make different people happy. Temporarily happiness doesn’t last long but it’s still important to get doses of it now and then. The happiness that can last for your lifetime is found nowhere else but from inside yourself.

Whatever you do, where ever you go, have a positive mind set. That’s also very important. If you want to be happy you should definitely make sure you aren’t affecting someone else’s happiness in a negative way too. There are some things that can’t be controlled but do what you can doubtlessly.

Go experience new things, go discover the world, be healthy, surround yourself with people that make you happy, be aware of the time you have, love yourself and the people around you, smile lots, set goals and be grateful.

Find what makes you smile and live your life to the fullest.

Be happy.

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BOOM! And that is the story finished. It took a lot longer than I thought it would in all honesty XD

If you liked this at all please vote? It will probably take you less time to press/click the button than to read this XD

A few questions:

1. Did this make you think about any aspect of your life at all? Yes/no?

2. Do you think Den sould be Carrie's Uncle? Instead of ending up in a care home she lives with her Aunt and Uncle?

3.Do you now want to go be happy? XD

Any other feedback is appreciated lots!

I have made a sequely thingy to this story and it will be a lot more light hearted and cliche unlike this one if you're interested I have posted it upppp and I have named it 'How to be a tree hugger'.

I left the best song for last! Beautiful life - Union J

I hope you enjoyed this story! I encourage all of you to smile lots and be happy! And please do

Goodbye!(Or I might see you later, it depends) Tiffany :D x