What it means to always be happy.

As I have said in previous posts I love to write. I write as much as possible. I usually write about what is going on in my day or just emotions I may have. I have always wished I could think of really great topics to talk about but they never seem to come to me. I look other people's blogs or writings and wonder why cant I write like that. But I have realized that it is just that everyone has there own style of writing. Everyone's writing is great in there own little way.

I have decided that while writing for my own pleasure in a journal I keep I will try and think of different types of topics to talk about for this blog. I don't know what types of topics these will be, but they will hopefully give you an outlook on how I view life, or create a discussion. My over all plan is to at least write in this once a week. Its weird I never thought I would be interested in blogging but ever since I started this electronic media writing class I have become very interested. Is there a good career out there for blogging? Cause I think I would love to be able to get my ideas and opinions about things out to society in this way, It seems effective. It is effective because there is no boundries of what to say or do, it is my own personal thoughts about life experiences that I hope grab peoples interest.

What do you think defines happiness? This term in my eyes is one of the hardest things to define. yes simply, it is whatever makes you smile. But for me, so many things make me happy. Just because you don't smile 24/7 doesn't mean your not happy either. When you get butterflies in your stomach about a new event or romance or whatever it may be you may be in the middle of happy or nervous. At that point your nervous side might be showing, not your happy side, but either way you are still happy.

For me there are so many things that make me feel happy inside that the list could go on forever, Love would be the number one, whether it be with my boyfriend or my friends or family, love surrounds the idea of happiness in my eyes. I think that as long as a person is loved they should be happy. That is a simple statement I know, but deep down love is all you need and I truly believe that. Other things that are more simple than the term love that make me happy are , summer time, learning something new, making new friends, watching the sun set, playing with a dog, playing board games, camping, reading books & magazines, dancing, writing, road trips etc. All these things in general create happiness in my life. So just think what defines happiness for you? If you think about this you will think of many things other than just one. Maybe you will find that one thing that is a major factor of happiness for you is surrounded or created by other things. When a person thinks about themselves just for even a second they will realize so much about themselves.

Thinking about my happiness just now I realize that daily I am surrounded by people who make me happy, not only people but things as well. I have ways to always be happy. Therefore what is the point to ever be down? There isn't any point. So when something bad in your life happens, Think back to what your definition of happiness is, I guarantee that something is around you that you can either do or talk to that will lift your spirits up to that happy level again. Throughout life I have realized that life is to short to be anything but happy. Its hard to stick by, I know, I get down a lot to sometimes for just because of little reasons which shouldn't effect me in anyways in the long scheme of things. But my goal is to think back to this entry later on and realize that I have great things in my life no matter what I do or where I go in my lifetime. Wherever life takes me there is no excuse for someone to not be happy, unless for some reason life really starts to go downhill in ways you cant control. Lets hope that never happens to me or anyone.