An Illusion of Happiness
We tend to not realize the importance of a moment until it is gone, the feeling of you running down the after eating a full school lunch, or seeing your cousins around the holidays. The emotions that we start to associate with special occasions in our lives, we create the illusion of a happiness because of those moments. We have favorite memories tied to our favorite places and we remember those despite the happenings around us. Looking back at all my favorite memories and places I can't recall anything negative happening, just the feeling of bliss and joy. The The illusion of happiness, the illusion that something that isn't actually there, exists. Remember that time you aced a test your barely studied for or got an A on that English paper you forgot to write? The joy and happiness you felt in those small moments when you forgot about all your troubles and lived in that moment. Remember that emotion, that feeling, and ask yourself, was that true happiness? According to Webst...