Happiness is Bravery | Sunday Says
8:04 PMHello!
I've decided to start a new "series" on this blog called, "Sunday Says" where every sunday I can post a little quote. These can be quotes that have been inspiring me lately or just motivational words to help you start your week right.
-Vivian, Pushing Daisies |
I found this quote on tumblr a couple of days ago and it has stuck in my brain since then (and has also helped inspire "Sunday Says"). It spoke to me on a personal level because I think it made me realise that I shouldn't expect happiness to come right away.
To be honest, I'm not in one of the happiest phases in my life (I don't think many people are in high school) and I think that during the course of the last year I got too used to this feeling of "emptiness". I think that part of me stopped trying as hard as it could and I think that led me to be even more unhappy. Lately, however, I've been trying to fight that feeling.
I've started this school year with more ambitions (both socially and academically) and I'm proud of myself for that, but last night my brain was buzzing with too many thoughts and I started to push myself back into that hole of self pity. I started telling myself that the efforts I had been putting in weren't enough.
This quote really helped me realise that I was being stupid. Everything you're doing, every baby step you're taking, towards finding your happiness is a huge thing. It takes courage to be happy because finding happiness means leaving behind another feeling, one that may have become your comfort zone in the mean time.
Finding happiness can be a slow process, and you shouldn't blame yourself if you can't find it right away. Remember you're being brave, and that's already a huge goal to accomplish.
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