Grab your happiness…

Create your own happiness…that’s Sounds amazing. It gives the impression that we can just reach out and grab happiness by the throat, run off and brag while sprinkling droplets along the way. In the lives of many, it is possible for us to reach up and “grab” happiness..but here’s the thing this phrase is a bit one sided. The problem is that when I think of this and phases like It makes me a bit sad.
I don’t think that everyone can just “create happiness”. It’s not for lack of want or desire, but circumstances prevent these individuals to “create happiness”. If I disliked my job …I could “create” my happy place by taking a pleasant vacation or cutting back on my time at work or take a class in something that I love or I could quit find another job. However, there are others who quite literally cannot “create” happiness. For example, the “invisible” class in India who are born into a caste system. They are treated less than human every day of their lives until death. They are subject to the worst possible treatment like rape and unspeakable violence every day.
I can’t possibly fathom someone “creating happiness” under such horrific circumstances…i’m not saying that it’s impossible I’m just saying it would be extremely challenging, and that’s putting it mildly. For some who are a bit more privileged like myself yes we can “create happiness” for others it just reads like the understatement of a lifetime.
