Purpose versus Happiness

I wish for every person that they will find happiness. We are all faced with impossibilities and senseless actions. Our weapon in combatting this is finding purpose in our lives. We need a reason to get out of bed. But I feel that is where we miss our mark. Often, we do not pursue finding a purpose; we pursue happiness. Just as pursuing water would only benefit those that are thirsty, happiness can only benefit those that pursue purpose.

It is 4am and I cannot sleep because I worry that my closest and most incredible friends are unhappy. And in their unhappy state they have still managed to ask me why I am unhappy. I hadnt noticed because I have been able to argue that I was content. I have remained comfortable.

Comfort should have no place in my life. It has a dangerous relationship with settling and makes enemies with purpose. I now have a renewed focus to re light the fire. To take chances. To find purpose. To establish a foundation which fosters happiness so that I do not have to find quick fixes to be happy. To make it contagious so that my friends can do the same.

I wish that for every person that he or she can find happiness

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