If you are waiting for the day when you will be “happy” all of the time, I have some news for you.  It is never going to happen.  I know that many people don’t like to hear this.  They want to believe that if they could just get in the right situation they can “get happy” and “stay happy”.  What makes people think this, I do not know.  Crying is the first thing most of us do when we enter this world.  As newborns we are equipped to cry when we don’t get what we need and our parents learn the nuances of our cries, but it takes a while before they can tell the difference between our smiles and gas.

Now does this mean that we are predisposed to crying and sadness?  No.  But at a minimum it should tell us that crying and sadness are just as much…