Have you ever thought why so many people write about their misfortunes more than about happiness?
The word happiness has no specific definition but it is described as emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. But it never lasts long.
Every other emotion like rage, suffering, love, pleasure, anger, sadness, etc. Are derived because of the disappearance of happiness. The state of being happy does not last as long as every other emotion because of the hurt, it is engraved in our minds, and in our bodies.
The more we live, and the more experiences we encounter, good or bad, have you not realized that happiness isn't a long-lasting, permanent feature or personality trait, but a more fleeting, changeable state. But when weβre unhappy, it never seems to go away, it's always there, even when we try to replace it with the distractions in our environment.
We create an alternate reality to avoid our present tense of the things that actually exist because in our minds we have yet to accept the idea that we are not ready.
We are unwilling to face it to avoid discomfort because the truth hurts, and it's more comfortable to stay inside our little cave of darkness, than in a place that will blind us with light so bright it hurts your eyes.