The key to success.

The last week and a couple of days have been pretty lucky for me. So, last night, I was pondering about the sudden turn of events. This is especially because not so long ago, things seemed like they couldn't go any lower. So, in my state of reverie, I figured out the key to success. Well, you may think that the key to success is obvious -- hard work and perseverance. But, is it? True, they are important components, but in reality, I realized that the most important method to achieve success is happiness.
You may think that this blog is pretty random. However, its not. You see, it all starts in the brain. I compared the two "pasts" that I had in this past month or so. I realized that when I was sad and depressed and filled with negativity for everything, everything went bad. My races were horrible, my grades felt horrible, everything just went downhill. But, I took on a sudden positive attitude. I remember that Sunday. I went to a debate tournament, and I did extremely well, or so I felt. (I'm not so sure yet, although our record was 4-1). Anyhow, I felt so because I was starting from a low standard. I was happy with whatever that came, and with that I just put all that I had out there. When I put all that I had out there, results came. It may seem that the "luckiness" or the good results came from the hard work I put in there. To the contrary, I believe it was because I was happy with any result that came, and because of that happiness and positive attitude came the sincere hard work, and with the sincere hard work came success. So, it's all related to happiness.
Ever since that Sunday, I have unconsciously been keeping up with that positive attitude. With that positive attitude, teachers have liked me better (apparently with my Literature teacher especially :P) and I did pretty good at my last track meet. I have put out considerable amount of effort into all practices as well (considerable includes SOME slackerness), and I have been good with my homework load.
But not only is this positive attitude helping me with success in my school life, but I have recently built better relationships with the people around me. I don't lose my patience that often, and I get angry lesser at my parents and my brother. It has just made my days happier, which let me tell you, is a pretty darn good feeling.
SO, after all that garble of personal experiences and what not, I have come up with a philosophy, which has probably been come up before, but humor me anyways. The key to success, my friends, is nothing but happiness. Thus, my advice to you: Be happy!