Happiness is the golden ring. We all work hard, play hard, love even harder, and suffer great heartache in our quest to simply be happy. That last one though, the heartache, the downside of happiness is a reminder that real people won't always be happy.
We have dark days. We cry and curse...confused and alone. Our thoughts leave us. They go to places we forget exist, places that happiness shields us from...until it leaves us defenseless. Our smiles and positivity...kind gestures and joy spreading, they give the world around us an idea of a person that isn't completely accurate. The best of us have problems most people would never believe. We deal with things in secret. We seek out the few people we can connect to, while giving everyone else what they expect...the image.
There is a downside to happiness.
It doesn't have to control us...in those weak moments.
We don't have to suffer alone.
We can be real poeple.
To only let the world see one side of us, is to perpetrate a lie.
Sadness...hurt and loneliness, are all the downsides of happiness. They don't however, have to be negative. After all, with a little bad in our lives, we appreciate the happiness that much more.
