when the leaves are brown and the sky is grey

You know, I was reading an article on Huffington Post yesterday about how happy people are and what can unhappy people do to become like them. Now if you come to think of it, it can be quite ridiculous yet ironic. Of course, an article like that is a useful and perhaps helpful one to some people. But that's not how I saw it.

What was the impetus that triggered the need for such a study by scientists? Why was there even a need to see how happy people actually are? What was implanted in these brilliant minds to note that people are unhappy and that they need help to become happy? Really, is it just me or that the world seems to becoming a pretty depressing place to live in?

Alright, or maybe it is not the place. Maybe it is the things that occupy these spaces. Maybe it is the things that surround the occupants. Maybe it is the things that have never stopped growing in numbers ever since humanization that continue to blind people from the sheer and simple meaning of being happy. Yes, simply being happy.

It seems to me that people nowadays do not find happiness in what they do. Perhaps they feel forced in doing what they do. I don't know, it could just be as simple as not finding the meaning in all that people do now. They do what they don't like and they don't do what they like. And then they say it's the circumstances that push them to such a decision. It is not as easy as it's said. It is not as simple to just switch to a job that you like. It is not so carefree to just ditch all your responsibilities and take the next flight to Los Angeles, or New York or Yellowstone to spend the night staring hard into the lonely starry night.

And why are all the places named are from the States?

Jeez.

They say happiness is in your mind.

(They did, didn't they? I'm sure they somehow did. :P)

And they say quotes are the words of truth. 

(Well, I said it. It still counts.)

Surely, I am not implying that I am always a happy-go-lucky person or someone that can easily shrug off all the depressing thoughts and don a new coat of smiley faces and jumpy mood. No, everyone has the ups and downs in life and so do I. And even though you may have endless problems hitting hard against your door doesn't mean that your problems are bigger and more important than mine, or anyone else's for that matter.

All I am pointing out is that, we need to realize how saddening the people of these days are becoming (sometimes myself included). But let's not gt defeated by it. God has made us way tougher and stronger than to be knocked down by the things that He gave us power over. It is not easy, nobody says it is. But really, if you lose happiness, you lose everything else. Because only when you find happiness in what you do, you find meaning, you find joy, you find hope and you do it with love and passion and sincerity and all that matters to you.

Take a plunge.

Shut the eyes and drown out the darkness.

The next time you open them, welcome only the light and happiness.

It's still a beautiful world. :)