Happiness

Between happiness and individuality, there exists a solid relationship.   Although most people have a misconception about what happy is, being part of a group, or acceptance for just blending in.   When we think about being accepted, most people feel the need of acceptance.   It starts at home, being accepted by parents, than at school by teacher, or work with bosses, finally the acceptance of friends.   We see it in society every day, a person who needs acceptance will usually change who they are to fit in.   Instead of being who they are, they see someone who seems to be someone they would like to hang with and change to be like them.   People need to realize that it is more important to be happy with who they are and what they possess than to want to change for someone else.   It is something rare but it does exist, there are actually people who are proud of whom they are and want to be accepted for just that.   It happens, people who trade their individuality for what they believe to be happiness.   People sometimes try to present themselves as someone they are not; they act and dress how others tell them they should.   They rather hang in groups that accept them only if they act like someone they are not and lose their individuality, making other people happy.   I think it makes it easier for people to be around people who are just like them because it limits the room of competing and arguing with each other.   It can make a person seem happy to change for someone else, but that happiness does not last forever, it is temporary and it takes away from your individuality.
It will not take long before you begin to realize that the person you have become and the way you act is not necessarily who you imagined you would become.   The only time one should change is if in yourself you feel like there is something in yourself you need to change.   No two people are the same, we are all different in some way and it is what makes us all unique.   We should be happy being who we are....