Why You Can’t Be Happy All The Time

The goal in life is simply to be happy.  But, the truth is, you can’t be happy about everything in life.  If that were the case then you should be happy when people die, get hurt, or when terrible things happen in the world.  That’s just impossible.  Mentally you can’t be happy about those things because they’re awful.  Yet, you have this expectation that life should be happy. 

In order to make life happy you decide to take control and work hard to fix the world that you live in.  You think if nothing is wrong then you can be happy.  Unfortunately, life doesn’t happen that way.  There are things in life that are out of your control.

The best you can do is work with what you have.  Make the most of your current circumstance.  Be happy and grateful.  Realize that you’re not supposed to have everything go perfectly all the time.

Take a moment to think about the movies.  You wouldn’t watch it to the end if there lacked conflict, drama, or action.  Movies without those things would be boring.

Movies provoke an emotion inside of you and can transport you to another world.  Take for example movies that share the story of the underdog who is almost down and out until having a major comeback.  These movies are inspiring.  In any case, there are supposed to be challenges and villians. These aren’t just found in the movies but they are a part of real life too.

Everyone has struggles in life.  Some may be family related, work or personal.  You can stress out about family situations and long hours at work. In fact, your worst enemy can be your own mind that gets consumed by fears and self doubt.  Often beating yourself up over making mistakes and failures.  These struggles are all a part of life and things you have to work through.  It allows you to grow.  The unknown future keeps life exciting as you don’t know what to expect next.

No one knows what the future holds.  But it is certain that you’re not supposed to be happy all the time.  It’s a shocking truth but to be brutally honest, when you look really hard, no one is.  And that’s perfectly okay.

It would be very boring life if you’re happy all the time.  There would be no lessons to learn or milestones to achieve.  If everyone was thin, rich, and had everything, then there would be nothing left to work for.  That would be a lazy world which lacks purpose.  It would be a very dull life.

Be okay with not being happy all the time.  Recognize that it is a part of life and something that everyone faces.  You are human.  You’re not mean to have everything go perfectly all the time.  Life would be too easy that way.

You are meant to learn and grow.  You can only do that through lessons in life.  Sometimes these lessons are hard and it’s nearly impossible to be happy through them. But when you come out the other side you can look back in hindsight and realize how far you’ve come.  You are stronger than you know.  Although life may not be happy all the time, a life well lived is full of emotions.  Not all of them are happy and that's the way it's meant to be.