貓的咖啡色

One of our teachers made us to read lots of reading.
The first part is talking about "Happiness."

What's the definition of "happiness"?
And what's your definition of "happiness"?

"Happy" may be the first word that they know when learning English.
But, is it really easy to be happy?
Yet, what make us happy?
Money? Family relationship? Friendship? Or love?

The article mentioned about eight steps toward more satisfying life, which are:

1.Count your blessings.
2.Practice acts of kindness.
3.Savor life's joys.
4.Thank a mentor.
5.learn to forgive.
6.Invest time and energy in friends and family.
7.Take care of your body.
8.Develop strategies for coping with stress and hardships.

If happiness can be found by following the instructions, how can we still be so unhappy?
But there is something interesting.
According to Time magazine, married people are generally happier than singles, and those who are very happy have strong ties to friends and family.

Wait! Friend and family?

Some of my other classmates read my journal and asked me what is going on between me and my friends.
I feel happy about that, no matter they just want to hear gossip or really care about me.
But I think they do care about me.
It is always good to know that there is someone who cares about you.

More and more people ask me that why i don't have a boyfriend, by getting older and older.
Well... I don't know. We just haven't met each other.
However, I was happy to be single(not alone) because I had good friends and have good relationship with my family.
But, right now, this memont, I feel like alone, and it's not good to be alone.

No man is an island.

My friend, Paula, said that maybe this is a good chance for me to meet new people and make new friends.
What a positive thinking!!
But I think what I need is some good friends and one or two close friends not friends whom you can only have fun with.

I do have one or two good friends(if I take those "strangers" away), but they are so far away from me.
We can't go out together.
I can't talk to them when I need them.
And we don't share the same mother language.
Even though I can speak English, it's hard for me to express myself exactly through Chinese, no mention about the second language.

I used to feel very happy about my life when I had all the good friends and my family.
Right now, I feel there is something lost inside of me.

Savor life's joys.
Thinking about the good times I have?
The more I think, the sadder I am!!
I am not happy at all, this minute,this second.

We spend all of our life time searching happiness.
Can we all find our happiness? Maybe.
See? "Happiness" is such a complicated word!!