Where is happiness?

This piece was contributed by Stella Asmon, 13 year old student of the SEK International School Budapest.


Happiness… A word that we can hear every single day, but many of us don’t really know, what it is, or, which is maybe even more important, where it is?
Of course I could write cliché things, like that happiness is everywhere, from a tiny little bug, to a group of whales, but it’s obviously not true. Happiness is a very special gift, that only really few us can have. Can a child be happy, without knowing who are his/her parents? Actually, s/he has to work really hard to feel this feeling. But at the same time, is a child happy, if s/he knows her/his parents? Not necessarily. Every single one of us have to make really though, and difficult decisions, to be ‘happy’. Sometimes we have to change every single part of our life, and start it all over again, in a new place. And, unfortunately, some of us have to make this change in a new time.
To answer the question, I must say, that there’s a tiny little bit of happiness in all of us, and we have our own opportunity what to make with it.

Stella Asmon

12.12.2008