Each day I read tweets and posts and blogs and whatever else about learning to be happy. But people, this is false advertisement. No one is happy all day everyday.
You were given emotions for a reason. You are meant to feel sad and mad and excited and scared and every other emotion there is. Of course be happy as much as possible, but life is rough. You are meant to feel other emotions too.
Experiencing these emotions is what makes you sympathetic toward others situations. If we were all happy 24/7, we would all be the same. And where is the fun in that? Being different is what make this world such a wonderful place to live in. You are given the opportunity to see and understand all types of opinions. Embrace that.
Views on aspects of life and life itself are shaped through experience. We have experiences and with those come a vast amount of emotions. Without everything that was felt during those times, we wouldn’t be able to understand other perspectives and use them to expand our understandings of situations and other people.
Everything we go through in life forces us to grow as human beings. Forcing yourself to be happy and push back all your emotion is not normal. You are meant to feel feelings. It is not a difficult concept. Sure, it sucks to feel sad, but you have to push through those feelings to get over difficult times.
Happiness is what we strive for in life and I am all for it. But ultimate happiness can only be achieved when you have seen the lows in life. You must know low in order to realize the highs.
No one is happy all the time because it is unrealistic. God gave us emotions for a reason. Feel them immensely.
