Weekly Engagement-WK 40:Happiness is what we make of it.

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Happiness is a universal pursuit, but what does it truly mean? Is it a destination or a journey? Explore different perspectives on happiness

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Have you ever felt like eating a particular thing and when you checked your pocket, wallet, or bank account you realized that even if you felt like eating that thing you would not get to buy it because you could not afford it, how did you feel when that thought dawn on you, I know the answer, not so good right? Yeah, so if you have felt that way once or maybe you still feel that way, let's think about the reverse.

So, let's see it this way, ever felt like not eating what you have in your house but just snacking on something delicious and you check your pocket, wallet, or bank account and see that you have enough to order what you are craving and even have enough remaining to do whatever you wish to do and however you wish to do it, how did you feel when the thought came to do?

We both know the answer to these questions and we both know that both answers are different from each other. Or, how do you feel when you know you can afford your basic needs without stressing yourself or stretching out to ask for help? I know the different answers to that question you have running through your head and I tell you one simple truth, that same answer or more is running through my head and I am smiling while thinking about that scenario.

Now, that is happiness

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I have been faced with these two scenarios in my life and so when someone asks me what happiness means to me, I tell them one thing, the feeling of joy, satisfaction, contentment, and fulfillment that comes over me knowing that I am living my life how I wish and enjoying my life at my pace, and my degree.

For me happiness means the feeling that comes over me when I know life is good, when I know I can afford what I want and when I want them, when I know I am fulfilling dreams and aspirations, meeting goals, and desiring to make the very best out of life and truth be told when this feeling comes, you can't help but smile,

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I know people would say that all those mentioned don't guarantee someone to be happy because it is more or less materialistic but I would say show me just one person who has all those I have been able to mention above and he or she is not happy, we both know that you will not find such person.

The dictionary will say Happiness is "the quality or state of being happy", obviously, the feeling of satisfaction, the feeling of fulfillment, the feeling of contentment are those things that can bring a man to the state of being happy, anyone who doesn't have those four feelings I just mentioned above can never be happy.

So, in order words, anyone fulfilling his or her dream is a happy person, anyone who is satisfied and contented with his or her current state of life is happy, and anyone joyful and always joyful is also a happy person, anyone without those are not happy because they have nothing in their life to be happy about

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That giddy feeling that we feel when we are on our way for an interview for a particular job is happiness, that feeling that comes when we receive an email that we have passed their interview and should resume work is happiness, that excitement that comes with the doctors mews telling us we are pregnant is happiness, and seeing our newborn baby after nine hectic months filled with body changes, mood swings and the rest of the challenges is happiness.

That feeling that comes when we look into the eyes of our partner and see the unconditional love they have for us irrespective of our flaws is what we call happiness, and most of all that feeling that comes when we look at ourselves and realize how far we've come and how far we are going is happiness. Knowing we are fulfilling our purpose, knowing we are fulfilling our dreams, knowing we are spreading our wings and flying, knowing we are doing exploits, and knowing we are living our dreams is happiness and that is what many want to feel.

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When you hear people talk about being depressed, it is a case where they do not feel fulfilled, do not feel satisfied, and contented with what life has thrown at them and they lack joy in their hearts and can not find anyone or anything to be joyful about.

Although I could agree or go with the fact that happiness could mean either of the two words we have a destination or a journey, now why I would say that is because to some happiness comes only when they are at their final destination, they feel that is their stopping point, and take a rest, they don't do much work anymore, all they want to do is enjoy the reward. While to others happiness comes in their every step of the journey they take to their greatness, and they never stop even when they get to the final destination of that journey, what they do is map out another strategy and start another journey and in every step they take, come a sense of fulfillment, a sense of satisfaction, a sense of contentment and all that feeling and truthfully, it could be or mean the same to the other person because all humans have a different perspective of life.

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Now happiness is a journey, a journey of fulfillment, satisfaction, and contentment to greatness, academically, financially, emotionally, and socially, in my career, family, love life, and every other sphere of my life. Happiness is the feeling that comes with starting a journey to get to a stage in my life, that I desire and dream to be.

For me, that feeling that comes, knowing that you are on a track to your destination, that feeling that comes when envisioning yourself in a particular state of life is happiness.

We all want to be happy and I hope that someday we all come to our state of happiness, either in our journey or at our destination, it doesn't matter as long as happiness comes with it.

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Thank you for reading through and do have a blessed weekend!

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