You know those emails you sometimes see - the chain-mails that are usually enjoyed by your mother or grandma - that have either cute animations or beautiful images of scenery or nature, and preach life lessons and beautiful words? They say heart warming things about never taking things for granted and how to be truly happy. Despite the fact that half of them say the exact same thing and often have recurring phrases (plagiarism or shared ideas you say?) they can be temporarily inspiring, and they put you in one of those moods where for at least just a moment, you feel truly happy as the email promises. But then surprise surprise, eventually this inspired mood wares off and you're back to feeling the same way you always do, being troubled by even the smallest aspects of your day. So I then ask the question- who the hell writes these emails?
Are they just writing it impulsively, because they happen to be in a really good mood at the time and wanna share it with the cyber-world? Or are they genuinely just happy people, who are happy with their lives, and have the wisdom and knowledge to share with others? I don't mean to sound like a pessimist or a downer, but simply just a realist when I ask Another question... do such people even exist? Because complete and utter happiness would surely be a perfect life, but as far as i'm aware utter perfection has never existed.
Everyone can be happy. This much I know is true. Its the little things in life that can brighten people's moods and make them face the day with a smile. But i've seen first hand how easily this simple happiness can be lost. Its sad and quite disappointing when you realise just how many people struggle with their happiness. You never really realise just how many others aren't all they appear to be on the surface, untill you somehow get a peep inside- a keyhole if you will. It might not be just a keyhole- it might be a doorway, that they are opening for you and letting you in, if they tell you or want you to know. But often this doorway is tightly locked... and the only way you would see beyond the surface is if you somehow notice a keyhole, a crack in their strong facade. And once you start noticing how many people have these cracks- your mind wonders if the authors of those emails are genuine, or just optimistic.
Because Optimism and Happiness are two different things. People who are happy, truly happy, don't need to be optimistic. Because they can accept the world for what it is, the positive and the negative, and be happy with all of it. I think optimism is really just an act of desperation. People who are trying desperately to be or at least seem happy. They think that by making everything a positive, only having good in their lives and only having positive outcomes of everything, makes the negative not exist, and then there will be no such thing as 'bad'. And this is the inspiring mood that the chain-mails bring, when you all of a sudden see how easy it must be to be truly happy. I know the mood. I have it often, when you try so hard to just be happy. You try so hard that you resort to optimism, and then think to yourself, who are you kidding.
It makes me sad, when you see others doing the same. When you look back over things from the past, either physical objects or memories, and you see how happy people used to be, how inspired they always were. Where did all that inspiration go? or was it just another case of optimism, just people who used to be optimists and have now grown up. Actually I don't think I really want to know... for now i'll try and be optimistic ;)
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