Personal Declaration on Being Happy

Explain your thoughts and feelings about it. Include specific ways in which you will develop
yourself further.
Being happy is not an inevitable fate. Inside my head lies negative thoughts that are
difficult to change and my memories lie sad events that are hard to forget. But I always think
that everything will work no matter what happens. I will be successful and happy. God has a
plan for me and will always be there. I should keep looking back at my mistakes to learn from
them. I should study what went wrong. I should change. But, it was wrong.
The truth is, I am the one mistaken. The way I look at everything is incorrect. I let my
mind thinks that fate will decide for me and just wait for the moment to be happy. I let people
scare me, and control me, so I just run from them. I let go of everything around me and focus
only on a few things. I let myself depend on God and the people around me. I thought that they
were enough so socializing became tiring. I let myself stay in a place, look back on my mistakes,
and ignore lessons. But as I grow older, I encounter different people with different perspectives,
through media and socializing. I learned that I am the one who should decide for myself. I
should depend on myself; if I keep looking back, I will never get ahead. I should forget my
mistakes but never forget what they taught me. I should move forward and I have to accept
what's happened and continue living. I'm still on it but I believe that I'm moving at my pace.
The part that says, "being happy is a victory for those who can travel toward it" feels
right but what I think is different. This part of the essay caught my attention but I think I can
develop myself by thinking that happiness is not a destination but the journey itself. It is an
experience you gain while growing and learning. I think that it is not a victory because traveling
with your being is the trophy itself.