By Definition, Undefined

Indifference. Is it what’s wrong with the world? Or what we should strive for. America was formed on the idea of protecting our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So what is happiness? The word happy by definition means feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. Contentment. Not wanting for more or less than what you have. We strive for contentment. But wouldn’t someone who is content with their life, feel indifferent towards everything else? If you found yourself in a world where most people were content, happy, there would be a lot less need for change or forward progress regardless of the actual state of the world. Someone who is completely content with their life is not going to be an advocate for change. But does that make them any less of a good person? In a society where happiness is the ultimate goal, we also idolize advocates of change. People who are unhappy with their world and work to change it. To me those two ideals seem like complete opposites. Or perhaps, my own disconnect is that I think the idea of contentment and indifference are similar when in fact they aren’t similar at all. Maybe the purpose of life is just to learn how to find balance between happiness and indifference. The balance between accepting what you have and advocating for more. If none of us wanted for more and accepted the hand we were dealt, could we be happy? And what would that mean for society as a whole?

I was perfectly happy before you tried to make me happy
The happiest I’d been in years You took my happiness in your hands
And I didn’t seem to care
You kept it safe for a little while 
Making sure it did not go bad I shared my happiness with you 
Gave you every bit I had You used my happiness to give you strength 
Til you were strong on your feet
Then one day you left with my happiness 
And didn’t leave any for me -P.G

You Stole my Happiness and Claimed it as your own. I hope that you take good care of it and maybe it has grown. Please do not waste my precious gift for it took everything I had. - P.G.

We’ll I’m here to tell you if you wake up one day when you’re 25 and find that you are actually in the profession you dreamed of, consider yourself lucky. Even better, if you find yourself in that dream profession and actually LIKE what you do, consider yourself VERY lucky.

Being happy with your career in your early 20s is an extremely rare thing to come by. Most of us find ourselves in professions that we didn’t even know existed when we first entered college. If you ask someone in their early 20s what they do for a living they will either give you a general answer like “I work in finance” or they will give you their job title which is most of the time either “Account Executive” or “Sales Manager” . Occasionally you will find someone with a super long important sounding title which can only mean one thing, they work for a start up company which will most likely be out of business in the next 3 years and they make less than 30k a year.

                                                             I am                                                          a drop of                                                        rain floating                                                    atop the fluffiest                                                cloud in the sky. I am                                            untouchable, unstoppable.                                        The sun is on my side. One day                                      the sun disappeared, and the sky                                   turned grey. My beautiful fluffy cloud                                   released its hold and I fell to my fate.                                  I kept falling and falling forever, Until I                                  landed in a lake. Then the sun finally                                     appeared again, Bright and shiny,                                       all is fresh and new. And I, the                                          raindrop, remain in the lake,                                                wondering why, my                                                      cloud let go.

Any event that is "for a cause" or that is held in a banquet hall should be avoided at all costs. Birthday parties are among those considered "for a cause" and should be avoided as well.