“Happiness is a mood, not a destination.”

“Happiness is a mood, not a destination.”

‘Mouthful of Diamonds’ an episode from the drama series One Tree Hill (OTH) inspired me to write today. One single quote spoken by character Julian Baker (Austin Nichols) sums up this episode particularly well and perhaps the whole season. As I watched OTH last night this seven letter sentence caught my attention instantly – “Happiness is a mood, not a destination” – this has inspired me to break this quote down into something philosophical and intriguing.

While considering the meaning, this is my conclusion…

The focus is not a ‘happily ever after’ like in fairytales and films of romance, instead it is a very humane mix of emotions that is necessary for finding your inner person and to be appreciative of life itself, happiness comes and goes like hunger, sadness, anger or boredom. It’s impossible to control your mood but it is possible to control your destination and the people in it, with this in mind, you can be satisfied with the lifestyle you want to lead.

We need to relish and appreciate those happy moments when they approach us and when they depart from our lives for minutes, hours or days we remember them well and find a way for them to return to us again without over-thinking about it. Of course it would be fabulous to be happy every single morning you spring out of your bed but it would not be normal to not go through all the other emotions us human beings tackle daily.

It’s important to understand that when we face hunger, sadness, anger, boredom or any other emotion it can be dealt with providing you are strong-willed and willing to overcome them. Sometimes where necessary you need the love and support of close family and loyal friends to do this – most commonly when met with sadness.

If you have good people in your life emotions are easier to deal with – but without support, yes, it may be difficult but then you have to trust your inner-self to make changes for a more desirable lifestyle. Whether it be looking back at happy photographs, films or remembering the good times of your life, happiness always seems to find its way again – a bit like love.

It is good to have a mixture of emotions, we all want to be happy but life is not as sweet as fruit pie. Be grateful for the life you lead, for there is always someone else in this world feeling a whole lot worse than you. Get to the root of each problem, issue or crisis and think of your life structure as a building block from priority all the way down to the least important aspects – only when you get your life in-check you can control it and live a very healthy and prosperous one.

Keep the faith, remain hopeful and stay blessed,

Yours Truly,

Ms Candice N Berg