It will not always be like you wished it to be. Maybe you’ll get that spontaneous call that will lead to a drive up a hill to see a scatter of lights from houses down below, or maybe you won’t. But it will come. It happens with finding an extremely good book in a stranger’s house, or seeing a rainbow unexpectedly. It’s going outside in the rain without (miraculously) getting your feet wet. It’s in 6AM good morning texts, 10PM boardgames, and appropriate inappropriate 1AM jokes. It’s being alone in your bedroom, laughing out loud to an episode from a series you promised yourself would be the last one for the night. It comes with your brother saving you the last of the milk or your sister hacking your snapchat and using the caption "Driving with the best sister ever." It comes in late night drives with matcha flavored oreos and your current favorite song playing in the background. It’s in doing stupid things with stupid friends, the moment frozen in stupid photos that no one will ever get to see. It’s getting a smile from a stranger, or giving a smile back. It’s about making a difference in someone’s day, in whatever way.
Sometimes it gets dark and all you want to do is to do nothing but stare at that crack in the ceiling but once you allow the tiny bits of happy memories to seep in, suddenly it won’t be as bad anymore.
Happiness may not always come in the form you wished it to be. It’s not always permanent. Heck most of the time it’s temporary. But I promise, it will come to present itself eventually. So go out there and live your life like how it’s meant to be. After all, life is too short to be anything but happy. :)