― Albert Camus
There is so much advice on where to find happiness. People say you need to find a job that makes you happy. Others say you should be successful, or find true love. While this may work for some people, everyone is different. If you are suicidal or depressed, you may not know what happiness is. You may be searching for it and think it is something you can find.
The sad truth is, you can't. You can't find happiness anywhere because it is inside of you. No one can describe true happiness to you. No one can tell you what it looks like or feels like to be happy. That is because no one is quite like yourself. Happiness is inside of you, and true joy exists in experiencing it. However, the only way to figure out what it feels like to be happy is to experience every other emotion as well. That means sometimes you have to embrace sadness and not run away from it. Truly feel your own emotions, and get to know yourself. Therefore, you will see what every emotion looks like to you. Then you can choose the happy emotions. I believe that is how we should frame it. Don't search for happiness or the meaning of life, for those things already exist inside of you. Instead, choose life. Choose happiness. Those choices will give you the satisfaction you deserve.
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