On Happiness Novels & Stories

I have never been so happy. After years of misery, because Loraine rejected me, I can finally feel deep happiness. I wander through the many shops until I find a friendly teddy with a heart. Exactly what I'm looking for. It is packed perfectly for me. I pay at the cash register and leave a solid tip for the saleswoman who immediately brightens up. So, someone’s happy again, what a spinoff of the arrival of my son.

She asked, tilting her head slightly to the side. He went silent for a few seconds, then turned away. "I am not unhappy." He said to her, then took a sip of water. "But are you happy?" He looked down at his polished shoes and shrugged. "You know, Elijah...It is so essential to not be happy, we don't even realize it. But we have to be unhappy to know when we are happy. Or to even know we used to be happy. I guess we should appreciate what you are feeling right now."

Happiness: in the context of mental or emotional states, is positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Tessa I never enjoy Disney movies since when I was a child, not with its happily ever after stuff. I never believed in that. Though the tragedy before the happy ending was always interesting. It was human nature, people were greedy, ambitious, and just loved to bully others who were inferior to them. This goes all across the board, in families, with friends, at your workplace, and even with strangers on the internet. Hell, someone even wants me dead and I still didn't know who and why.

He sighed and went on with it. "Happiness is a lot of things, whereby you'd want it scenting off a particular something or someone, so whenever they come closer to you, a smile automatically forms on your face, or your insides melts on hearing them laugh, or you can't do without thinking about them to the extent of seeing them in your dreams, that kind of feeling, is happiness." "Wow, that's a whole lot of emotion in one little word called happiness." I paused then continue, the sky almost completely dark.

"Careers don't bring happiness!" And so it begins. My mother is one of those old-timers who strongly believe that happiness comes from a family. Let me break it down. In her opinion, I should find myself a man, marry the man, have a basketball team of children and spend the rest of my life being at the beck and call of my husband and children.

I like the calm in my heart and the weightlessness in my chest. “You’re happy. I’ve never seen you this happy in any of our sessions.” Because I didn’t fully understand the meaning of happiness, now that I do, I don’t need to do much. Happiness is like a tonic, only that you don’t have to drink it. You just have to love and be loved by the right people. “I am happy for you.”

Happiness, true happiness lies within yourself. It’s what people tell you when that happiness is taken away. It’s what you tell yourself trying to fill the emptiness in your soul. I had been happy. For six months, my life had been complete bliss. It was the kind of happiness that lets you wake up with a smile on your face and keeps that smile there.

She realized something had gone seriously with his mental health. As she stared, Daniel spoke. "And you? You look happy now." Kimberly nodded. "Yes, I am." He murmured, "That's good." He repeated, louder and with sincerity, "That's good." Kimberly hesitated, feeling sorry about his state. "I hope you'll pull yourself together. The slump is temporary, and you still have..." She paused. "Henry needs you. You'll want to see him married one day." Daniel smiled bitterly, realizing she was encouraging him. "Are you worried I'll end it? Don't be. I won't."

Her eyes slowly filled with understanding as she recalled Eldora’s words from their first encounter. “Is it because you’ve rested enough?” Mira asked, even though she was already certain. She stepped back and sat down, no longer startled by another presence in this space. Eldora sat beside her quietly, neither confirming nor denying her theory. “Why is it greedy to want to hold on to my happiness?” Mira pouted, tossing pebbles into the stream. “It is not greedy to want to hold on to your happiness…” Eldora nodded, then added with a sly smile, “But wanting to do so without getting into trouble… now that is…”

After the hair and make-up team were done we helped each other get into the dresses and make the final finishing touches before we both stood looking into the mirror, trying not to cry so happy were we. On our way to the church, the actuality, shock, and stress of it all started to kick in. I was going to get married in the next few minutes. All the what-ifs were coming to mind. I'm not too young to get married right? Twenty-three is not too young for marriage right? A three-year difference was not too large? Shacking my head trying to get rid of these thoughts I focused on the single thought that we were going to make this work and nothing bad would happen, we have been happy for the time b