why I am happy: I have a place to live, food to eat, a loving family, a doctor to go to when im sick, access to education, i am in good health, i have legs to walk on and i am not disabled, i live in a free country where i am not forced to have certain beliefs, i am given opportunities despite being of a historically oppressed sex, I have an ability to pick my career, I dont work 12 hour days in a sweat shop, I have no idea what it's like to face racial discrimination, I will probably never know what it's like to live in poverty, I will most likely always have a place where I can live, always have food to eat, and always have people to count on.
why i am sometimes unhappy: when things dont go my way, when people disappoint me, sometimes i wish my life were different, sometimes i get annoyed when i have to wake up for class when i dont want to, things like very slow traffic annoy me, i get upset when i feel like im disliked by people, I get down on myself from time to time.
the things i listed in the first paragraph are just a few of the blessings i have been given. Not many people worldwide can claim to have all of the things I listed in the first paragraph, and it blows my mind that I get unhappy sometimes given my blessings. i guess it is easy to get stuck in a trap of being unhappy when stuck in the day to day of life. despite the momentary annoyances or disappointments in life, I am happy, and I dont really think I could always say this. happiness is a choice. you can have everything and not be happy (as i think many are) and you can have nothing and be satisfied. if you're reading this post and have a computer and access to the internet and the free time to look at facebook, im sure you have a lot to be grateful for as well.
not sure what im trying to accomplish with this post but it felt right i guess lol. (did my ethos just decrease by saying lol in a serious facebook post?!!!#shoot) anyways, thats all i gotta say. i bet some people are gonna hate on this post, but whatever. I will claim that I still am probably pretty poorly informed on many world issues (what is isis??? jk- i know that one!). adios world.
