In My Pursuit of Happiness

Happiness is the most subjective emotion invented. I say invented because it is man made idea. Through divinity we are graceful, pure, at peace, etc. but happiness is not an adjective I would use to describe the emotions felt when I think of God. Though the way that society would have us all view the ideal of happiness, this would perfectly depict my feelings toward God. But as I said before, the emotion of happiness is subjective and far too fickle to express such strong emotions.

Similar to that of a husband and wife… It is possible that happiness to one person is not viewed as happiness to another. One can find happiness through their work and another, doing the exact same job, may find it to be troubling. One can provide for the other financially and physically, providing attributes that are perceived to create happiness, though without the emotional factor in place this happiness can be acknowledged as hollow. Vise Versa, a relationship full of emotion but without that physical reinforcement or the sense of financial responsibility can just as easily be seen as hollow. One can provide all of the three attributes that they believe will create these securities and this known form of happiness, but still fail. Failure is always an option, and not because the pursuit of happiness was not properly pursued. Failure is an option because the happiest person in the world can wake up one day and decide that they are no longer happy! And this is why happiness is subjective.

Happiness is an opinion that can change day to day or even hour to hour. And the fickleness of the emotion does not necessarily diagnose someone as a manic depressive; it is just the mere nature of happiness. I realized this in my pursuit there of…