Dear Happiness,

I just want you to know that I am grateful. I see so much depression and anxiety in the world. I see so many tears, and I see so many letters addressed to these low feelings, that it is time you get a shoutout.

I have had moments where the world just seems so against me, where I do wonder if a low feeling will take me over, but you are always there. You make me laugh at my friends who cheer me up, you make me rethink a bad situation. You calm me down and tell me that everything is going to be okay.

I don't believe that anyone really gives you enough credit. We are all so wrapped up in sadness, that we don't really think of what you have done for us.

You keep me off of the ledge. You remind me of all the good things in my life; family, friends, my personality, my jokes. You tell me that everyone is sad, but that low feeling can only stop if we find the perseverance to find you. It's not difficult to find you either. Our bodies are meant to have you — it takes more muscles to frown than to smile.

Depression and anxiety come and go, however, you are always there. Even if it is for a millisecond on a hard day, you just ignite that warming fire, making my heartbeat steadier. You are my rock. You are a "yo mama" joke, or a day at the beach with loved ones. You are a really good and well needed sandwich when I am so hangry, I am going to explode. You get me excited to get back a test and paper grade, telling me to think of the bright side and work harder if it is not what I hoped for.

You make me healthy. Laughing lengthens life, right? You wrote the book on fun that I cannot stop reading. You tell me to follow my dreams even if my pessimistic side tells me I am stupid for wanting to attain them. I am not stupid to you. I am one in a million to you.

You let me love myself first, and tell me that that boy missed out on the best opportunity of his life.

It's okay to take chances and fail because you are there to catch me. It is even better when I accomplish these feats because you are in the front row, cheering me on. You are pride, you are hope, and you are just something good.

And the thing is, you want me to feel you more. You hate when I go to that dark place, but you pull me out. You are afraid that maybe one day, I will not want you.

The thing is, I will always want you in my life, Happiness. You are my best friend. You are what makes me ... me. I will never leave you because I know that there is no way you will ever leave me.

And I thank you for your loyalty.

I thank you for your optimism.

I'm sorry that everyone wants to focus on the blackness in their lives instead of the good vibes you embody. I hope I made you happy by saying that what you do is greatly appreciated. All the people with anxiety and depression...you are there for them too, and they know. They know. They love everything you do.

Never leave, Happiness. If you leave, the world will revert to nothing. Hope will not exist. I will fade away. When everything in my life is gone, you are all I have left. And I know I can trust you to find the light in the darkest of times.

Thank you ... thank you.

Sincerely and with so much adoration,

The most grateful and the happiest girl in the world because of you