Someday, in the future, when I'm going aimlessly through life, I suspect my parents will call me up and in distress. They will ask me, "What have you done with your life?" And will simply answer, "I'm happy." It won't matter if I haven't made any money, if I'm rooming with some friends in a tiny, icky apartment. It will matter that I've done something that makes me happy. I suspect that life is about happiness, anyway, right? If I am happy, I think I've succeeded at life. Now, for the journey to happiness. And who knows. Maybe I will end up scraping out a living playing dive bars, freelancing, or driving a freaking taxi cab. But hey, if it's happiness I seek, I think I'll find it somewhere. Maybe it will be to the disappointment of others, but so be it.
Tangent Two:
On short-term happiness. Go to the pool. People-watch. Lay in the ridiculously chlorinated water and stare at the sky. I bet you've never seen it so cerulean and perfect. I'd even bet money on that. Because regardless of how small the pool is, how many annoying kids are splashing and screaming around you, the sky is that big open space above you that will always be there. This I am sure of. So look at the sky. Admire it's blueness. Because it's perfect. And if you aren't the type to dreamily stare into the blue abyss. Just take a quick peek. Look up from that steamy dime-store novel your reading, or the children your tending, and just look for a second. I'm telling you, you won't regret it. So, go. What're you waiting for?
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"The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters."
— Audrey Hepburn
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