ON BEING HAPPY......

What a subjective word. Have your ever wondered how this one word changes its meaning for us from age to age ?
As children , we realise it through a toy, a candy, an ice cream while you have a running nose, skipping a glass of milk, an outing....
As we grow older, happiness is all about grades, a class picnic, a great birthday party, a BEST friend, a loving pat from your favourite teacher ! They are all so easily reacheable.....
Then comes the terrible teens ! Happiness then is an , "unaffordable pair of branded jeans", a pair of really expensive high heels which you will soon outgrow, the barely a** covering denim skirt with a strappy , stringy "top" , frowned upon by family, extended family, neighbours and yet more neighbours, permission for the first , "late night party"....and finally a loving glance from that gorgeous neighbourhood hunk, who seems to notice everyone else but you.....
And the quest continues ....
In our twenties , happiness is all about getting a seat in THAT foreign University, getting the job that others are vying for , earning a pay packet others are envious about and finally marrying the guy others would kill you for....
Guess what ? It does not end there ....., it continues with a dream house, intelligent, hardworking, obedient,goodlooking children, the "neighbour's envy" car, the fat bank balance , appointment as the head of a company / business, the Swiss holiday.........
And the seeking is just never over......
Funny na ? Happiness is so illusory ! Have you noticed , the moment one "happiness" , is realised it just slips through our fingers , and , another need for happiness rears its head , seductively whispering , "I am the ultimate happiness" , and another ardent journey begins......
So ? Does one stop seeking it ? Certainly not !
As long as you realise that happiness and satiety will never be b** chums.....continue chasing it, and as the pendulum swings from , "happiness to "unhappiness", jes try keeping the balance ...
And if you can't... then jesbeatit !