Happyness.

I was watching The Pursuit of Happyness tonight, and I really started to think about the title of this movie. It's talked about briefly, the main character says "I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?" All I was able to think of is exactly what was said in the movie. Is happiness something we can only pursue? Is it possible for us to be truly happy? We are always wanting for something, whether it's something insignificant such as...something to do today, or something hugely significant to us. Regardless of the significance of the want, the want is still there. Is it possible not to want? To be truly content?

I'm sure that when I was a child, I was content and happy. I don't know many kids that aren't. If only we had all listened to Taylor Swift and 'Never Grown up.' I know that in all of these that I find a way to bring up children. It's probably because I spend a lot of time with them, and partly because I truly envy them. They know the secret to true happiness, they don't have to pursue. I think we all knew it at one point.... we just... grew up and forgot how to be happy, forgot how to be content.

I can't really remember the last time that I was truly content. Truly happy. Maybe it's in our nature to constantly yearn and strive and want. Or perhaps it's something that we eventually grow out of. I'm not sure, I don't have any more answers than you do. I'd like to think that it is possible to be happy.