International Day of Happiness #SpreadHappiness

International Day of Happiness

On 20^th March 2019, the world celebrates the International Day of Happiness for the 6^th time. Many of us probably have never heard about this day, so let me explain about it. The International Day of Happiness was established back in 2013 and found by United Nations special advisor Jayme Illien. Since then, 193 UN Member states, 2 observer states and 11 territories celebrated this day each year.

Of course, the reason that the day was established is to spread happiness across the world. It was promoted by United Nation each year by collaborating with politicians, musicians and other famous people. In 2014, the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams was released to celebrate this day.

Some people may think, that the day is the only day we could be happy. Or maybe thoughts like “we must be happy because today happiness is celebrated”. In reality, some people have bad days and of course some people might have those thoughts randomly.

This event is just a reminder for people out there who has forgotten that happiness still exists within us. Sometimes, it’s okay to be melancholic or to have a bad day once in a while, even when happiness is celebrated. This event is also a reminder for everyone to spread positivity and happiness to everyone around you and especially to the person you sometimes forgot, yourself.