Happyness

I watched this movie yesterday - The Pursuit of Happyness staring Will Smith and his biological son. It was a typical rags-to-riches film but with a twist. It starred Will Smith, Will Smith the funny man, Will Smith the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air". Well he's come a long way since then. So, i was watching this movie and it was pretty good. I mean yeah the plot was good, the acting was real and somehow the movie tugged at my heartstrings. I found myself tearing during some points of the movie. He does say something rather profound in this film. "Do we ever find true happiness? Or do we go through life always pursuing it?" or something to that effect.

How many of you know people who are really and truly happy? I mean sincerely happy and not those who pretend to be happy. Would you say that it's all in their head? i know someone who said that "no one is really happy, those who are, are just optimistic about life and all the crap it has to offer!!" I wouldn't make such remarks myself but what i do agree is that happiness is all in the head. If you want to be happy, u will be happy, if you want to find happiness then you will find it.

On the other hand, if you want to continue living a sad life, or misery is your best fren, then that is what you will reap. Look at it this way, you notice how the traffic is always heavier when you're late getting somewhere? Or how just when you think things cannot get any worse than they already something even more horrible takes place. So, am i wrong in saying that misery in itself loves company and those who seek it find it quite easily.

Having said that, im not saying that people cannot get sad, it would be preposterous to have people walking around all day with a grin plastered across their fugly faces as if they just downed a bottle of prozac. Grieve, mourn then pick yourself up and move on. With grieving comes healing.

Are we really happy individuals? Some say having more money would make them happy. But with more money comes more worries. You would think that with more money ones financial worries would be over. I know i would be happy with more money! i would link happiness to satisfaction. When you are satisfied with something it makes you feel good, and when you feel good you are almost always happy rite? I came across an article on the web, it says that happy images make depressed individuals sad! hmm.....could it be the bitterness of not experiencing the same feeling?

Anyways, happiness is a subjective matter so in the words of Sheryl Crow "If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad....."