Expectations

Does happiness come with success?

No.

(Part of) Happiness is the sense of fulfillment, and success is achieving a goal.

And goals can be achieved all the time. Whether they are the right goals determines whether one will be either happy or depressed, two polar opposites.

The quick way to depression:

Accomplishing irrational goals. Accomplishment is a feat: it requires dedication, work, and luck. It's essentially an "investment" that people make. However, far too many people expect their investment to completely pay off in the end. They spend all the work accomplishing the goal without spending the work of determining what their goal is, and unfortunately, the world is mean and expectations are missed and undershot all the time. That's the root of all sadness and madness in the world, if you think about it...failed expectations.

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." -Brian Littrell

Apparently this guy assumes everybody can cope with undershot expectations. He is quite out of touch with people.

The quick to happiness!

Accomplishing goals that lead you closer and closer to whatever your main goal is: your purpose in life, whatever you choose it to be.

Basically, expectations always come with the accomplishment of hopes, goals, and dreams - these expectations are an integral part in determining our overall sense of happiness.

Expectations reached? Good for you. Keep going. Expectations missed? I say accept, learn, and move on. But a lot of people intentionally dwell and drown in their own wells of misery, asking for comfort of other people.

Oh well. We're only teenagers.

I shouldn't have high expectations for them anyways. Myself included.

On the other hand, I'm scared to death of failing other people's expectations.