Personal Philosophy
Sarah McGlothlen
American Literature
Honors, Block 2
Mrs. Fujii
10 April 2014
Personal
Philosophy
My
personal philosophy, what I live by every day, is pure happiness. What I really
call it is “Feel Happy, Be Happy”. I'm generally a very happy- go-lucky person
and most definitely have a smile on my face. I'm very outgoing and love putting
myself out there. It’s in my DNA, my mom was always talkative and happy as a
teen, I don’t think I could be and different if I tried. I’ve hit bumps in the
road, but then again so has everyone else. I’ve learned to not to let things
phase me, and to just be the best person I could possibly want to be. Whatever it
takes to be truly happy inside and out, I’ve done. It could be so simple, like
eating an apple instead of a donut or buying something off the sale rack.
Happiness is what you make of it, and I make it a big deal because to feel and
to be are different, but you can make them one.
In
about the ninth grade, after many growing pains and getting my life together, I
really needed to sit down and evaluate things. I was happy but I wasn’t happy. I didn’t feel it in my bones, I felt
it on my edge of my fingertips, but I wasn’t quite there yet. I still let
little things here and there get to me, or I would get mad at myself. I needed
to be happy inside and out and I didn’t know how I could accomplish it. I tried
and tried until I realized that I needed to stop trying all together. Putting
so much emphasis on it, made it even harder, what I needed was a chill pill and
the heat of the sun on my skin. I took a walk and thought about everything,
sure I wanted to mass delete my memories, but they made me who I was. But the small
stuff that I would constantly worry about and the things that held me back, I
let go of. I needed to in order to find my inner peace. Once I got over my fears,
worries, and setbacks I could feel a weight lifted off my shoulders. I was
truly happy. Inside and out, I could feel this sensation radiating through me. It
was happiness. From then on, I promised myself that if I ever got into a sticky
situation, I would just breathe and let it go, because in 5 years none of the
little stuff will matter. Living by this philosophy of “Feel Happy, Be Happy”
has definitely gotten me out of a lot of stress in my life and has made me a
better person I believe.
