ALT "Joy Doesn’t Need a Dark Backstory" When someone posts a happiness that feels almost too good to be true, the comments flood in “What kind of storm did they go through to reach this point of happiness?” Does that mean we have to suffer to earn ultimate happiness? © naurscripts
ALT "Joy Doesn’t Need a Dark Backstory" We’re all too familiar with the phrase "no pain, no gain." It’s a concept so deeply ingrained in us that we’ve started to believe happiness must be earned through struggle. Society has made us think that only those who have endured the most pain are worthy of the greatest joy. It’s as if the weight of our suffering determines the height of our happiness, and without the former, the latter seems unattainable. But does it really have to be that way? Must we wear our scars like trophies just to prove we deserve to smile? Why does it seem like we’re expected to climb out of the deepest, darkest abyss just to feel the warmth of the sun? © naurscripts
ALT "Joy Doesn’t Need a Dark Backstory" Has pain become the measure of happiness? Is that really how it works? It’s heartbreaking to think that we’ve internalized the idea that joy must be earned through suffering. That unless we’ve cried ourselves to sleep, endured unbearable heartbreak, or clawed our way out of despair, we don’t deserve to be happy. It’s as if happiness comes with a price tag and that price is pain. But isn’t that a sad way to look at life? To believe that our moments of joy are always tethered to how much we’ve struggled? Shouldn’t happiness, in its purest form, be something we can embrace without justification or proof of what we’ve endured? © naurscripts
ALT "Joy Doesn’t Need a Dark Backstory" I hope we can all find happiness without the need to believe it only comes after we’ve suffered. If someone shares their joy, celebrate it with them, don’t pry into what they went through to get there. If they’ve worked hard, they have their reasons for only showing the peak of their victory. Let’s respect that, without turning into amateur detectives. © naurscripts
ALT happy birthday to my love, nakamura kazuha! i hope you always walk in good places and to good places only.
