Are you happy now?

I've always wanted to make a difference, be special, all that stuff; and when I realized I couldn't, I was unhappy, in fact, I began to analyze everything, and was very disatisfied, toss in a bad breakup and loosing my 2 closest friends(+ the girl); i went into a major depression, which became a prolonged minor depression. I was always happy till prior to, when my own analysis brought about the destruction of my dream.

I don't think its so much that money = happiness, but rather that the lack of money = unhappiness. By lack of money, I mean specifically the lack of money needed, not money wanted, many people I've met seem to have difficulty distinguishing between the two. My college is paid for, good grades, I make more money than I need, no debts, I don't put up with drama, good terms with family, good friends (those i've decided to keep), and have accomplished things this past year. All I'm missing is that girl to call my own, and I have one marked out, but shes hard to read.

I could be smarter, I could be stronger, I could be richer; but you know, my happiness was regained in realizing I don't need to be.

Each aspect we value plays a part in our balance of happiness and sorrow. Each aspect can provide content or discontent. With the build up of factors, large and small (varying person to person) they create a general level of happiness, or sorrow. Although, an aspect I value greatly is currently not present, due to everything else, I am, a large majority of the time, happy.

Or at least, this is how it works for me.

Originally Posted by starslight

Can anyone really ever say that? That they're completely satisfied with every aspect of their life? I don't think so. What's the point of living if you're not working toward something, whether for yourself or others? Things can always be better than they are. I imagine life without trying to better yourself or make things better for others would grow very stale.

I don't think anyone is ever happy with every aspect of their life - even if things are good now, there are always regrets, and there's always the future. So I think happiness is when the good parts of your life make the bad parts worth living through.

I misread that, and almsot replied completely inappropriately to it. i think there is some truth to this. Once we find our own happiness, we intend to share it... just as when we find our own frustrations we intend to vent it. Every pure emotion seems to great for most individuals to contain within themselves.

Jam it back in, in the dark.