Big Girls Don't Cry

There are many things I don't understand. I don't understand people who can't laugh, I don't understand people who take everything seriously, and I don't understand people who cannot appreciate the beauty in everything, be it honest or sad or funny or horrible or anything. I don't think I will ever be anything other than a fundamentally happy person. And I am lucky enough to know what to do to keep myself pretty happy. I know that I don't need to work hard to be happy, or to make a lot of money; all I need is music and laughter and my people. That's it. I do not understand the drive to work hard just for the sake of working hard. I do not understand wanting ALL the money. I would like enough money so that I do not have to worry, but that's highly unlikely. Music therapists do not get paid that much. I will work hard enough to reach my goal, and never so hard that I am not having fun. I've done that. Never again. I will always be the one encouraging everyone around me to relax, to take a break, to watch a movie, to sing a song, to stop and enjoy your family because they won't be around forever, to do what makes you truly happy because life is too short not to. That's what I understand. Finding ways to make yourself happy.