Happiness Doesn't Come In A Bottle

So here I sit at my desk, alone for now in my dorm room at school, quietly thinking to myself while calmly listening to some Sigur Rós. Sounds fairly stereotypical for a college student on a quiet night. Well it is and I'm slightly laughing to myself about it, but I will still proceed to write my story of life (or at least how I view it).

Not to sound pessimistic.......but......not many people have been able to sincerely and confidentely say three simple words to themselves and know that what they speak in their mind is true.

"I am happy"

I'm sitting in my comfortable chair, in a cold room, wrapped up in a thin Mexican blanket I got from my roommate last year (which is curiously warming despite how thin it is). After a relaxing night in the room, I can easily, confidently, sincerely, and thankfully say that I am truly happy with my life right now.

I am at a point in my college career where most people my age would be second guessing what it is they want to do with their life, not just in terms of a career, but with their life in general. Yet here I am at that usually pivotal point, already past it.

I've spent many long afternoons spending quality time alone just simply thinking about life in general. Now.....because of all that....I now know a good amount. Happiness does not come in a form in which you can gain instant gratification. Happiness comes from pure thought. Happiness comes from what you choose to surround yourself with.

Allow me to just make a list of a few reasons why I am happy with where I am now......

- I know who I am
- I know why I do the things I do
- I know why I think the way I do
- I know what I believe in and why I believe in it
- I love my family, however big it may be now
- I love my parents and what they have done to raise me, bringing me to where I am today
- I love my closest friends because without them we would have never transformed each other into the good people we are today
- I am thankful for all the roommates I have had so far in my college life, because without them we would have never grown off each other and because of some I know what I don't want to become
- I love the close friends I have made here at college so far, at the radio station, in the hallway, in class, in my own room, and everywhere.....

.......

I could go on forever.....

All I really need to say is that I am thankful for who I am at this moment, and because of that, I can say I am happy and that I am confident.


Bla nótt yfir himininn
Bla nótt yfir mér
Horf-inn ut um gluggann
Minn með hendur
Faldar undir kinn
Hugsum daginn minn
Í dag og i gær

- StarAlfur by Sigur Rós