happiness is always short lived

what the hell do we do here on this earth? try and find something that will forever bring joy into our lives? well, some people spend their whole lives looking for that something and never find it. then what do we do? we try and find things that bring us temporary satisfaction. but even that gets old after a while. next? we shut ourselves out from the rest of the world because we know that trying isn't worth it anymore? i could have the completely wrong idea, but it sure as hell makes sense to me. the past week has been totally amazing for me. up until yesterday. i don't know what happened, all i know is that it did. it's probably because i had my hopes set too high. i'm not saying that i'm going to start shutting myself out, but i sure as hell won't be expecting much from life. the fall only gets harder the higher you set your hopes. that way when i find a dollar on the ground, it'll feel like i found a thousand. and i sure as hell won't be expecting anything from people. we rarely do ourselves justice.