Happiness In You Short Story

Here is a dramatic story I’ll probably remember as long as I live. The story goes like this: When I was a young boy, dad told me that the key to life was happiness. When I went to school, my Life Skills teacher asked us in class what we wanted to be when we grew up. I remember, I said ''Happy.'' The teacher told me, I was wrong and didn't understand the question. My classmates laughed at me. And I told them they didn't understand life. Theoretically, happiness is what we’re about, right? In fact, it is not measurable, profitable, nor tradable. Yet, above all else in the world, it is what everyone wants to acquire through countless stimuli. They want to have happiness, and want to know they have a lot of it. So what does bring happiness? All …show more content…
As you might expect, a very rich person may be unhappy and a poor person may be happy. If that sentence makes you less happy, then consider this: The opposite is also true. Bad external events make you unhappy but that, too, is just a dip. Then you return to your usual self. So now it's your turn to begin finding the happiness in you. Happiness does not come from a better job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that is consistent with those beliefs. Though money is also needed, living happy is the first priority and the happier you are, the longer you live and the more money you make.
A few years ago, I went through a rough patch. I was depressed, and there was no logical reason for it, I had a great relationship, great people to associate with and a meaningful life. I had it all, except happiness. I really had enough and still was depressed. Let me ask you a logical question. Since happiness is when our lives fulfill our needs, ‘‘What are our essential needs to be happy?’’ Dr. Shefali Tsabary, psychologist and author, said: "Only when we fill our own need and feel satiated from within can we truly be fulfilled and