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The Fragility of Happiness |
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Happiness is elusive, hard to find, and easily dissipates. Therefore, while
experiencing its taste, we must also treasure it forever.
As a child, I felt that happiness was being able to eat delicious food. I
disliked meeting strangers, and if a stranger greeted me, I would not talk to
them. I remember one time a stranger greeted me, but I didn't even look at him.
He then gave me a candy stick, and I immediately smiled at him, snatched the
candy quickly, and started eating it.
When I started elementary school, I thought happiness was being able to skip
school, stay at home, and play. But reality was different from what I imagined.
There was always a lot of studying time and very little rest time, which made me
feel tired. Once, I really didn't want to go to school, so I pretended to be
sick and stayed at home, missing a day of school. The next day when I went to
school, I was surprised to find that a classmate had also pretended to be sick
and stayed at home. Looking back now, it seems incredible, but perhaps it was a
common trait among children at that time.
Now that I'm in junior high, I crave rest even more. Sometimes I have to do
homework until at least 9:30 pm. When there is a lot of homework, I have to work
until midnight, and my eyes get tired and swollen like a rabbit's eyes, and I
have to use medication to stimulate them. At this time, my feeling of happiness
is very simple, just being able to sleep well every day and have sufficient
rest. I remember one weekend when I was writing homework, my head was pounding.
I started at 7 am, and by 9:30 am, I still hadn't finished. Since I had slept
late the night before, I leaned on the desk and fell asleep. I slept until 12:30
pm, and when I woke up, I was stunned. I couldn't remember what I had just done.
Today, I had to rack my brains to recall my feelings of happiness at that time.
If I had waited longer, I might not have remembered. Each era has a different
perception of happiness, so we must cherish and savor this special and easily
dissipating feeling. |
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