Becoming Happy

No matter what, we as human beings are always learning, but sometimes, we are being taught the wrong things. In my college Reading 0002 class, an assignment came up where we were instructed to read a passage from the textbook and answer questions. The story was called Becoming Healthy. Already I was hesitant to do the given assignment. It sounded lame…boring, as most may relate to it as. I forced my eyes to the page anyway.

“How can you grow and eventually become fully functioning? How can you achieve that ideal stage of psychological health? You cannot be healthy simply by trying to be healthy; you cannot be happy simply by deciding to be happy.”

I was appalled. I hadn’t even passed the first paragraph and I was already completely shocked at what this so-called “educational passage” was feeding me. Some idiot agreed upon this…"theory"…and allowed this bull to be printed inside this learning tool, for teachers to assign students to read. This was what's wrong with people today.
We are being taught that we cannot make ourselves happy, simply happy, just by telling ourselves that we want to be. We are being brainwashed into thinking that if we don’t have the things we want, we can’t possibly be happy until we get them. Why? Why can’t people just learn to accept what they have and be happy just for life? Just for love. Just for a source of income. You can deal with the problems when they come, but for the time being, people should teach themselves a new trick. Make yourself happy for the important things you have and then you’ll be happier for the things you will get.