am i happy?

sad times occassionally come to every person. times when you feel you're left alone. when you think everything in this world is against you. ur mind is so clouded with the thought of sadness that you tend to forget the "other" things that could make you happy.

why do we think like this? why is it that when we are sad, we tend to forget other things? it always seem like the only thing we're thinking is that we are sad, lonely. but in fact if we just set our minds clear, we can see things that we did not realize were there all along.
maybe its because we are not sure with what we really want and what really makes us happy. or we are afraid that we'll lose that happiness again once we find it.

so how do we deal with this? personally i am not sure how. but one thing i know is you have to try to understand yourself. try to dicover what makes you happy and what makes you not. and another thing, for me, happiness starts with our contentment. i think that people who do not get contented with what they have will have a difficult time making themselves happy. some things are not always given to us, and often times things that we want are the things that we cannot easily get. we get disappointed if we do not get these things.and not getting these things makes us unhappy. its ok if you make a challenge out of your failure to get what you want. but you should take into consideration if your effort is worth the fulfillment you'll get once you achieve or get what you want. is the fulfillment you get because you got what you want? or is it, you were fulfilled just because you overcame the challenge? If it's the latter, then maybe you should assess yourself. you might just be looking for a happiness that's short lived. true happiness is one that you carry with you always. not just for a brief span of time.

There are some things that we take for granted just because they are always there. often times we neglect these things not realizing that they might be the thing that could give us the happiness that we are looking for. we should open our eyes to such things. these things are those that we realize the value only when they are not ours to call anymore. good things really come from where we least expect them to be.

happiness is really hard to find. but it is not impossible to have. all we need is just a little self discovery. and a good start with be learning to be contented with what you already have. happiness starts with contentment. enjoy what you have, learn to accept everything that comes your way, and be thankful for even the smallest thing that you recieve each day.