International Day of Happiness 2022

What day is it? It’s a day to celebrate happiness!

I actually didn’t know that this celebration exists but I’m delighted that it does. When I opened my twitter account a while back, I read people talking about this so as usual, I did dig a hole about this and let me share to you some things.

So today, March 20, 2022, we celebrate International Day of Happiness with the theme “Build Back Happier.” The theme is centered about the global recovery from the disaster brought by the COVID 19 pandemic. It was actually in 2012 when this celebration started and it was initiated by Jayme Illien at the United Nations General Assembly. It is a way of promoting happiness in between economic developments in every country around the world.

In 2013, the first ever International Day of Happiness begun which has aimed at giving happiness an equal priority as to the other matters that we are giving importance to.

What is the importance of this day?

International day of happiness is being acclaimed because it intends to increase awareness and knowledge about the importance of happiness in everyone's life and the long term impact that it can have on one's well-being by educating the public on the subject.

This day is important to remind everyone that we are deserving to experience and feel happiness no matter. Though sometimes, the world is just too greedy and rapidly changing that it has hard to adjust from one situation to another. There are many things that has been causing everyone stress and frustrations such as the world status, the high rising technology, the material things, and the world’s perspective of which is which.

Challenges come and go, but no time should be wasted in drowning our minds all the time. Take a deep breath and smile more often than yesterday.

How to spread happiness to everyone on Earth?

Be the best example, show kindness, bravery, and the desire to be happy and joyful at all costs and show that to the world. Simple examples are here:

1. Promote peace and kindness

The world is reachable now thru our gadgets. Share optimistic messages and words of encouragements and you would never know, it could brace a great impact to someone.

2. Join the community

Hold the hands of the people who need our help. Give gifts or any kind of help to the people who are needing.

3. Communicate

We may all be just quiet at the corner but at some point, deep inside, we need a person who will listen to our thoughts, desires, dreams, and frustrations. Be that person to someone.

Takeaway: Happiness should not be just a thing that we celebrate when we remember it, it is something that our heart carries wherever we go and shared with the people around us.

In pursuit of our right to life and liberty, let us achieve for happiness not only for ourselves but for mankind.

Note: I was eating pancakes brought home by my dad while writing this. It’s delicious by the way. I forget to take a picture.