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The Importance Of Happiness In My Life

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Happiness to me is the feeling freedom after finally being out of debt; to be able to focus on school instead of working 40+ hours a week. Happiness is proving all the people who doubt me and lack faith in the fact that I’m making it. Happiness is getting to buy some pants, and socks and not worry about not having enough money to eat for the next two weeks. Happiness is making a stranger smile; filling their empty bellies. Happiness for me is relief; a weight falling off my shoulders letting content and joy flow in through my body. Little things make me happy; the cigarette after a long shift at work, the full night of sleep, a shower after a fifteen hour day.

My lowest point was when I was homeless; I had just started my job and gotten out of an abusive relationship. I made it somewhere safe and I found some stability. The thing that made me the happiest lately was the bonuses I got from work; it wasn’t a lot but it gave me hope for my future. Being a realist has really helped me to avoid disappointment and being taken advantage of. Being ambitious has gotten me as far as I am. I would say I am a realist versus a dreamer because of how often I was let down and mistreated growing up; ambitious versus content because I know there’s a lot more I have to do and I know I am going to die any year, month, week, day, and time and I would have a lot of regrets if all I did was settle for the life I have.

In the movie, ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ Will Smith’s character Chris and

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