Happiness

Kiaya Nickens

Sanchez- period 8

September 3, 2012

Christian in the World

Blog Entry #2: Happiness

The epitome of happiness is living a life of no regrets, to go throughout your life and appreciate all the success as well as flaws in your life. It would be beyond fulfilling as a human being to know that every decision you have made in your life was for a purpose, a lesson, or simply a funny story to tell. One factor that would be eliminated if everyone lived a life of no regrets would be stress. Stress from decisions made, and decisions to make all determine if you live a life with no regrets or regretting the life you have lived thus far.

Based on my definition of what happiness is in a human beings life, I can say I have not been happy. I have played it safe my entire life. I’ve told myself that safe decisions are the smart decisions. Although I have only lived a small percentage of my life, I’ve been faced with many decisions that alter my life. There are obviously situations that being safe is what is right. In matters of illegal narcotics or alcohol the safe decision is the smart decision. But in other matters that require bravery, staying in the safe lane is not smart. Although I was only 13 years old, I should have had the courage, the bravery to steer away from the safe lane and make a difference. When I was 13, my family began to feud. I sat back and watched my family tear apart. They slowly stopped talking to each other, and then rumors followed, and finally the arguments. Arguments turned into to pure hatred toward each the members of my family. I sat back and watched my family evolve into enemies with one another. I told myself I am only a child, I don’t know the full story, I’ll only hurt the situation. When in reality I could not hurt the situation any more than it already was. A child’s innocent reaction could have been what my family needed all along. The simplicity of saying, we are a family, we love not hate could have made the difference between a family and a feud.

This event in my life was a foundation of how I handled many other situations down the road in my life. I sit back and watch in many situations, hoping they will change, and it seems in every situation the answer is so simple, in front of everyone’s eyes but for some reason I won’t say it. Not saying what is on my mind, when I know it can make a huge difference in my life and in the lives of others is my biggest regret in my life thus far. Many teachers that have had me in their class realize that I am one of the most intelligent students in an essay but in class discussions an average Joe.

In my life I have played everything safe; school, family, sports, and relationships I all take the safe route in life. The one aspect in life that I would like to change is playing everything safe. As a result of playing it safe, I look back with many stories that end with, “I should have”. Should have statements are regrets put into words. If I can learn how to not play it safe, I can live a happy life filled with no regrets.