The Inkling Volume 3
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What is happiness?<br />
By Pia sargent<br />
Happiness is elusive because there isn’t an exact<br />
recipe for it, no matter how much we want it; no matter<br />
how much we wish it was simple. No matter how many<br />
scientific studies are done to help us understand<br />
happiness, a question remains: can it truly be found?<br />
As people we say we are happy, but is that the truth?<br />
Though there are many expectations holding us back<br />
from being the happiest we can be, when we think we<br />
are happy someone always has something to say to<br />
change our mood. We tell people not to feel sad<br />
because someone always has it worse off than you,<br />
but if you turn it on its head, it becomes a matter of<br />
why be happy when someone has it better than you?<br />
Often it can be hard to feel satisfied with our own lives,<br />
even if it seems to others like we should.<br />
Everyone judges and criticizes, even though we try not<br />
to. A smile is so pretty yet can have so many different<br />
stories behind it: you could be covering up your<br />
sadness or you could genuinely be happy. Many<br />
people feel pressured to act in certain ways and<br />
convey particular emotions; we as a society<br />
encourage younger generations to believe in the same<br />
things as us, yet also to think for themselves in order<br />
to create an identity.
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