While waiting for my not-so-fast fast food, there was this little 5 year old girl telling her dad what she wanted to have when her dad asked. She was really decisive on her meal plan, kids' meal with chocolate milkshake. Upon the arrival of her colorful kids' meal bag, with sparkling eyes, she jumped for joy and yelled "Daddy daddy, that's my chicken nuggets!!" She continued her excitement for a while with the same expression, which got me thinking about adults' definition of happiness, why adults' pleasure harder to satisfy.
To a kid, happiness can simply be a decorative paper bag filled with greasy junk food and a little plastic surprise. That little girl knew exactly what she wanted and was extremely happy with it, why can't adults do the same. What happened to us? As we grow older, our vision to our desire seems blurred and our taste for happiness seems numbed. I know a few people who struggle to find what they want and are depressed by it;I can safely say they are not the only ones on earth. With so many depressed people in the world, rich or poor, I think perhaps it is time for us to sit down, re-evaluate ourselves and get in touch with our inner child. Why get depressed by trivial matters in our daily lives or something more serious like love(or lack of it :P). Time to look for that magical paper bag. The simplest form of happiness is inside that bag and that bag can be anything around us, if only we look closely enough to discover it.
~tribute to those with broken souls
3 comments:
i'll give you a paper bag/box with brownies inside. would you jump in joy and say "oh oh, that's my brownies in a bag!!" =p
I think the adults will still jump up and down for something. Just maybe not in the public area. And once you've money to buy what you want or like, you will not enjoy a paper bag anymore. Unless you can wrap your car inside the huge paper bag! la la la....i've no clue what I'm saying now......
Don't toy with my feelings, Jan
you are so Evile~~~~
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