Reflection About Fun And Happiness

To start off my story, I’d like to start talking about things that we talked about on the first day of school. As we stated, there is a difference between fun and happiness. As Matthew Kelly says, “Your ability to experience happiness is limited only by your ability to grasp the meaning and purpose of your life.” Ever since I was little, I have been taking tumbling classes. I know I talk about tumbling a lot but it really is one of my true passions. Tumbling is so much fun to me and for the longest time I thought it brought me happiness. Going to the gym can be the highlight of my day and even though I absolutely hate waking up early, especially in the summer, I don’t mind doing it if I get to tumble. But, what I need to realise is that, “Our conception of happiness is often fatally flawed by the belief that fun equals happiness.” (Matthew Kelly) So, although it may be a lot of fun, but it will not give me true happiness.
Nonetheless, ever since the first class I took, I fell in love. I would consider this class to be a defining moment in my life because if I had never gone, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. I can honestly say I’ve gained most of the seven virtues from it. More particularly I have learned patience, humility, and especially diligence. Maybe I have gained these virtues because “Habits are produced by

Both times when he ran away I was so scared I didn’t know what else to do besides pray and hope for the best. Even after that, with the other choices that he made all I could do was pray. I’d have to say every hard experience involving my brother has been a defining moment in my life. He has taught me a lot about life, decision making, how people work, how to deal with hard situations, and getting through rough times. He taught me a lot about me and what kind of person I am. He taught me not to take anything for granted because you never know when it will be