Where does happiness come from?

Does it come from inside, from the heart, the soul, the mind?

Or does it come from the struggles of life?

Where does joy come from?

Does it come bubbling up, from deep, deep inside?

Or does it come naturally to some, and not to others?

Where does laughter come from?

Does it come from joy? Happiness?

Or does it come from pure excitement?

Some ask, what does it mean to be happy?

What does it mean to be joyful?

What does it feel like to laugh so hard you can't breathe?

Happiness is right there in front of you, don't be afraid to grab onto it for dear life.

Joy stems from whether you choose to live, to truly live life to the fullest.

And laughter, laughter will be there when you want it too. 

© Julia Bethany

last day of math

So today is my last day of math. Am I sad? No. However I am sad that my fellow math friends and I are going separate ways. I am sad because the relationship I have spent two semesters building with my teacher is coming to a close. I hate to admit it but I enjoy math here at CNC, I love my teacher and my fellow classmates. I love the fact that we can laugh at ourselves and that we can all relate because Math is a different language to us. I am going to miss feeling accepted and those warm fuzzy feelings I get while in the math lab, all of us struggling through the math and then someone starts talking about Dexter and popcorn and all of a sudden we are distracted for the next ten minutes, laughing our guts out at the teachers hilarious stories. I love it. I am thinking about auditing one of her Math 103 Classes next semester, and if I like it I will enroll next year. All this is leading up to the fact that I have realized that Math does not have to be the bane upon my life, it can actually be enjoyable. I am no longer saying that I hate math, I am saying I love it! <3