Kristine Nichols

I learned the definition of the word happy when I was probably 2 years old. Happy seems like such a simple word, but there is so much more to it. To be truly happy takes a lot of work and effort. To be happy you have to be happy with your life, yourself, and your surroundings. You have to enjoy what you do for a living, who you hang out with, who your spouse is, and how event happen in your life. When you are younger it is so simple to be happy. If you fall down and scrape your knee there is always a grown up giving you and ice cream for not crying, and for some reason it always made it better. As you grow up your problems become much more than a scrape on you knee. You whole life could change if you don’t do something right. You start to learn what true stress is, and how it can take a toll on your life. Once you find happiness you will know, because you will feel as if nothing can bring you down. You will be able to turn every negative into a positive, and you will always want to have a smile on your face whether or not its appropriate. In order to achieve this you have to remember that things could be so much worse. You have to realize how special you are and what you truly deserve. You have to let go of what is bringing you down, and go find something that will only lift you up. Most of the drama that circles our life is not needed and could easily be avoided, so don’t sweat the small things and push forward for you happiness.