I took a class called the “Science of Happiness” during my last year in college. It changed my entire perspective on happiness.
I had longed to take that class ever since I found out about it. I was so excited that space was finally available to take the class. Interestingly, it is the concepts that I learned in that class that still carry within my conscious even today. I’ve come to realize that happiness is a content, accepting, and grateful state of mind that human beings choose to be in. I define happiness as an alignment to one’s spirituality as well as with one’s life meaning.
I’ve awakened to the idea that happiness is available to us if we choose to allow it to be. Up until the last year, many of the happy moments within my life—like most people– were based on overcoming struggles to fulfill my goals and achieve great success. I was in this constant yo-yo state. I would relish a successful moment, but then quickly feel that it was not good enough. I constantly craved fulfilling another goal after one was fulfilled.
Yet, situations I encountered and books that I read within the past year have awakened me to my bad habit. After realizing this, I then immediately sought to change my perspective on happiness. Therefore, instead of constantly seeking the next success and not enjoying it, I actually began to savor each successful moment.
I’ve become even more accepting and grateful for each previous and future moment of adversity. In fact, before this class, I allowed every bad situation, every environment, and people to determine my happiness. Now, my new perspective on happiness has helped me to accept and embrace the disheartening times. I realize that even if bad things happen, I don’t have to shut out the world. I don’t have to completely loose my happiness state.
I wholeheartedly believe that we each have the power to change our thoughts and attitudes about every situation. I think that we should never allow failure, suffering, or terrible relationships to stop them from pursuing and structuring happiness within their lives. Perhaps, we cannot always choose to be ‘immensely’ happy at every moment, but we can continuously choose to be ‘happy.’
For me, I’ve realized that my relationship with God gives me the strength to understand how life is just an experience. My ‘agape’ experiences have made realize that His eternal love will bring any individual through any obstacle. In fact, I have been in a constant search for happiness since I was a little girl. Although I grew up in a Christian family and was a huge believer in faith, there were often times when I didn’t believe in my own happiness.
But I later realized that I truly did not understand why I was seeking Him. However, now I’ve become happier, because I know why I’m seeking and it is by seeking Him that I have gained happiness and inner peace. I have begun to confide in Him at every moment, despite all of the disheartening challenges.
I believe that it is through seeking Him that we can understand our mission on this earth, our callings, and most importantly, the love that He has for us.
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