Throughout my life, I often get asked the question, "what makes you happy?" Pondering this question, I've come to know myself in many different ways.
Happiness to me is not material things like clothes and money. Happiness to me is a warm bed, a cup of hot chocolate on a cold day, and snuggling up next to the man I love. Happiness is sitting around a campfire on crisp fall days reminiscing on days past, happiness is making someone smile or laugh.
Now that I've figured out what makes me happy, how do I obtain it? Peace of mind. I've come to realize that without peace of mind you're never happy. It takes blocking out negativity and focusing on the beautiful things in life to truly be happy.
One thing happiness is not is being happy all the time. We all have our sad moments, but it's how we handle these moments that'll make us happy. If we choose to mope around and see the bad, we will never truly be happy. A bad situation must be seen as "glass half full" for us to truly obtain happiness.
Happiness is a choice. You must take your bad situations and make them into good ones. You can either choose to at least try and be happy or choose to not be. This is easier said than done.
Happiness is having direction, goals, and a true purpose in life. Happiness is being able to take your negative feelings and turn them into positive ones. Happiness is being able to bounce back from negative things that have happened to you. Happiness is being who you are and accepting yourself.
Happiness is a lot of things, and an ongoing process. Happiness is being who you are unapologetically and without consequence. Happiness is the little things and I hope that you can all find your own personal happiness.