by Tyler Hasty

Created on: March 06, 2007   Last Updated: May 11, 2007

Happiness, can we truly live without it? You can if you call that living. I find that happiness is a key ingredient in success. At the age of nine I was having emotional issues, it took doctors until I was thirteen to finally realize I was bipolar and till I was fourteen to get medication. I wasn't happy and when I was it didn't last long. Without happiness I wasn't motivated, I didn't feel like doing anything, I didn't like all the things I did before, and I was excluding myself from groups. When I finally was put on medication and my mood was stabilized I find myself having a lot more success. I am working with others and I have more drive to accomplish the things I want. When the day came that I was truly happy I broke out in tears, people didn't understand what it was like because they don't know what its like to truly live without happiness. When I experienced the true feeling was the day my life turned around and I began to be successful. So to me, staying happy is staying successful.

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