Describe the feeling of happiness in five different ways. Each paragraph should begin with the words, “Happiness is…” 
Describe the feeling of happiness in five different ways. Each paragraph should begin with the words, “Happiness is…” 
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Happiness is a springtime breeze blowing in through open windows and tickling the little hairs on exposed forearms. It’s sitting on the front porch at the tail-end of a long summer’s day, ice-cold glass of sweet tea in hand, listening to the crickets chirp and the bullfrogs croak in the bogs below a southern field of sunbaked wheat. Happiness feels like carelessness and less stress at the moment with the gentle changing of the seasons. 

Happiness is a child’s smile, the twinkle in their eyes on Christmas mornings, and the innocence of their laughter when they run and play with their siblings and friends. It’s the way that excitement comes naturally to a kid and how their imaginations can blossom from something simple. 

Happiness is taking time for yourself after having a long week of thinking of everyone else. It’s a good book and a warm blanket with a glass of wine or hot cocoa after the kids go to bed. It’s the silence of a quiet, cozy house, and the chance for you to finally breathe without someone asking something of you. Happiness is as much self-care as it is time with the family, and there’s nothing wrong with wanting both. 

Happiness is a fluctuation of things throughout the day and life in general. It can be a nature hike through the woods with a loved one. Or the satisfaction of finally eating a food that you’ve been craving for weeks. Happiness can be as simple as getting your hands dirty in gardening soil. Or happiness can be as complex as completing a renovation to make your house a home. 

Happiness is the confidence that today was a good day, and that tomorrow, hopefully, will be too. It’s the feeling when you’ve accomplished all, or most of, what you set out to do, whether that’s from a honey-do list or just things that you’ve been meaning to get around to. Happiness is the good feeling that comes with knowing that you were productive when you needed to be, and that’s one less thing to do tomorrow. 
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