Chapter 193: Key To Happiness
At any given point in time. There was always someone out there in the world being asked a simple question. And one of those simple questions happened to be this...What is the secret to a happy life?
Even though it was a simple enough question, short and straight to the point,
It had many answers and it always, always, depended on who was being asked, and what they were going through at that particular point in time. For example, most people who were having financial difficulties would often say that the secret to a happy life was money.
"If I had just a few more bucks to stretch... just a little bit more cash, then I would be happy," Those were the answers that people having problems with money gave.
And then of course there were the answers that were given by people who were in love. Those guys were funny. The answer was always something along the lines of,
"The secret to a happy life is being with the person you love as much as possible in this world"
But then when that love turned to hate as it often did. The answer changed as well.
The secret to a happy life then became things like " Being as far away from that waste of space as possible," And sometimes even age factored into what people saw as being the secret to a happy life. The elderly often said things like, " Do not go to bed angry," or "You have to learn to let things slide, If you hold on to hate, you hold on to rage, sadness or any other negative emotion for too long, then it builds. And once it builds, it is very difficult to get rid of. And you become this sad, miserable person for the rest of your life, all because you could not let things go,"
Those were the answers that people gave. But for Derek, he was one of the rare few whom no matter the situation , no matter the time. If he were to be asked what the secret to a happy life was. He was pretty sure that his answer would always be the same.