I Want to Be Happy

There's an old saying, "Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness." Find something positive that you can enjoy and lose yourself in it: write a story, learn to play an instrument, take a martial arts class, whatever reconnects your mind with your body so you don't get lost in your head thinking about things. Remembering and feeling that life is worth living is the first step towards actually dealing with all the world's stoopid problems. When you're happy with who you are it will bring everything else into focus better: you'll see that the self-destruction of modern society is a choice, and you can choose something else that will not only improve your own life but give hope to others. That's how we're meant to live. Not in a fake plastic world.

Also, for the record, at every moment someone is also being born, being comforted, finding a new reason to live, and feeding a stranger.

If that doesn't work, just listen to this song and tell me it doesn't make you happy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DSSFJJ5Wo4

yes fear of rejection is crippling, it stifles all attempt to go forward. People huddle inside their ineffective armour, or in disguise, hoping not to be noticed, hoping that nobody will see their fear. And so we all fear and live in fear, fearing to break the circle of despair.

You are right. Take a chance! Drop the disguise, step out of the armour. Be open to what you might feel, might achieve, and you can have positive life.