happiness is wherever you choose it to come from.
but this inner happiness is exactly how i try to live for. i think that if people aren't happy with themselves or their life situations, and try to find happiness thru other people (significant others, relationships) then they aren't really succeeding in being happy. this also puts the people around them at a slight unfair disadvantage because they become more needy for attention [and happiness] through these other people, who may or may not be able to give it all to them. but the exchange in attention becomes unbalanced. the people are being forced to give a lot with little or no in return.
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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
~Anais Nin
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