ARE YOU HAPPY?

 I'm aboard a bus headed to the land where the sun sets. All is well save for the old man to my left with esteem issues (don't ask how I arrived at that conclusion) but my earphones will be a good distraction. It's an 8 hour journey and I honestly don't have enough things to do to pass time 😫😫 I'm not really a sleeper and I can't say I'll sleep throughout the journey 🤦🏾‍♂️

I'll look outside, then at those I am traveling with and try imagining what  their lives are like.. what might possibly be going through their minds at this very moment? what necessitated them to travel today? Why today? You know the kind of questions. Anyway, I'll think about anything to pass time. That's what I tell myself as we start.

30 minutes in however I see a sign at the door. It reads 'are you happy?' I don't give it much thought since it's the travel company wanting to get feedback. It's okay. I dismiss it. Lots of thoughts come and go but the post keeps recurring. And it now sits pretty in my head. Why? Why did they ask that? Why didn't they ask 'are you comfortable?' Or 'Are you pleased with our services?' why happy? But English came by sea so they say.

Anyway man of the cloth, are you happy? At first glance I said yeah. We all would, right? Then I started interrogating my life. Am I really happy? Am I happy with my life? Am I happy in my relations? Am I happy with my achievements? Am I happy at work?

And I tried using a happy meter to measure the degree of happiness based off of the various aspects of my life. I was traumatized for a while 😫😫 many areas were below average and the general score was a mere above average 😭

I made resolutions on what to change, what to adopt and what to drop. Then I took a nap.

Now let me throw it to you. Are you happy? Are you happy with your life? Are you happy with your friends? Are you happy with your job? Are you happy with your partner? Are you happy with your achievements? 

ARE YOU HAPPY?