During that stage of life, it is easy to be excited, little gifts, friends, and family spark uncontrollable joy that continually resonates within them.
But adulthood has spoiled everything. There is always one problem or another. The heart gets too used to difficulties that nothing interests it anymore.
If you go around and ask people about when they last felt genuinely happy, you would be surprised at the kind of feedback you would get.
A lot of people have allowed the trials of life to deprive them of joy, and they do not know that the fault is with them. Some of them even have everything that should have made them happy, but it's quite the opposite.
Happiness and joy are free and a thing of choice; things might be difficult, you might not be getting the kind of results you desire, but it doesn't stop you from being happy.
Those little wins, being alive, having a roof over your head, your children, and your loved ones, are enough reasons to be happy and grateful.
I used to be someone who complained about life and shunned everything around that ought to be a reason to be happy. Before something makes me happy, it must be a big achievement, or else I consider it as nothing.
But life is a teacher, things kept happening that slowly opened my eyes to see how important what I already have are and I repented.
Prior to this time, I was always unhappy. It looks as if life was against me. Everywhere I turned, I wasn't seeing anything tangible enough to put a smile on my face.
My expectations were too high, and they kept disappointing me, until I learnt the lesson.
One of the reasons for my unending joy today is my family, and my mother, to be specific.
After God, the most important person in my life is my mother. We are not really close, but each time I see her, my hope comes alive.
Some days, I feel like giving up; sometimes, I feel like I have nothing in this world, but when I remember that I have a mother, I see a million reasons to put myself together and live. She's not just my source of joy, she's my motivation and consolation.
At a point in my life, it was like everyone left, things were difficult, but my mother stayed. She never looked down on me or mocked my situation, but kept encouraging me till I began to stand again.
There are a million reasons around us to be happy; we only need to open our eyes wide to see how relevant they are.
Many people suffer from a lack of happiness because they are ignorant of this reality. They run around looking for the joy that is already with them.
The day we learn how to begin to appreciate those things around us, regardless of how they are, life will begin to make sense to us.
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