Happiness

Everyone deisres to achieve happiness, but the causes of happiness differs greatly for every individual.This

explains why everyone is diverse in their approach of finding happiness. Some may attempt to become famous in order

to find true contentment. Others may find delight in gaining of fortune. Unlike others, I find a pleasure in

comfort, excitement and love.

Personally, a sense of comfort has also provided me with security and satisfaction. Normally, it is not such

a difficult thing to achieve with availabilty of time and money. Also, even the most mundane acitivities such as

snuggling in bed, or conversing with a close friend adds to feeling of comfort. To most of my peers, these factors

are given to begin with so they have difficulty finding satisfaction from it all. On the contrary, I must work to

keep my comfort. None of these "mundane" things were given in my cards to deal with. Although I used to grumble at

my circumstances, I have learn to find gratitude in the smallest things that are put in my path.

Next, as a young adult, yet to soak in all this life has to offer, I love to feel the thrills of this world.

Unlike comfort, excitement offers whole new different happiness in my life. It motivates me to always keep myself

available for new learnings, new idealogy, and new findings. Searching for excitement has led me to seek my identity

and has brought me to where I am today. Ways of searching for excitement differs constantly, but I often find it in

venturing out to the "unknown" land. Even taking a quick travel to a near by state opens my eyes to see more than

what is offered before me. Having been raised in Korea, I was exposed to many different cultures and it really

brought great realizaton of human nature. Eventually, searching for excitement opened channels of finding my true

self and brought much happiness and security in my life. I have never stayed with one strict principle or stuck by

typical standards of this society. In doing so, it not only kept me in search of excitement but also kept my

understanding of life open to many things.

Over the years, traveling delivered many unforgettable memories and brought great joy in my life but on the

other hand, I witnessed the suffering side of the world as well. So many of us lack the