Happiness

Happiness Strength. No, not meaning muscle strength, but strength in the mind- your mental capability of overcoming obstacles in your life that has brought you down and made you think that you cannot get back up. Benjamin Franklin once said, “The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” No one can hand you happiness on a silver platter; you have to obtain it yourself and that comes from how strong you are to pick yourself up from disasters that occur in your life. There are many different types of disasters in the world and one of them is poverty. In Kolkata slum, India people live on only salt and rice for food, their houses do not keep out the rain and most of their jobs is to ride the citizens, who sometimes abuse them, on a cart around town. They seem like they are unhappy because they live hard lives. But the hard life has made them stronger and they have learned to accept their life and live it happily. According to a resident in the slums he states that as long as he has the love of his family and neighbors, he is happy. This resident uses that love to strengthen him to get through the day and end up happy. It isn’t only people from the slums of India who are happy without money. A surfer from Sidney, Australia states, “It doesn’t make sense when you make money, and you’re not happy”. He lives in a small cottage and surfs night and day because it makes him happy. He didn’t want a college degree or cared to become a doctor. The surfer is happy with the life he has and didn’t need money to prove it. Tragedies can happen to anyone at any time and can sometimes permanently damage one’s ability to ever feel happy again. However, Melissa Moody decided not to let her tragedy get in the way of her life. Melissa, in high school, was one of the most beautiful people in America and after marrying and having kids, she got ran over by a truck on July 4th by her sister-in-law. After