The vision of happiness is unbelievably deluded in this age among the teenage population in the United States. Chief among these delusions is also the most common, the illusion that material possessions will make you happy. The teenage population is constantly moving in the direction of “Oh well I really want this new iPod and that would really be awesome and just make me really happy…”. Although this vision of material possession will make someone happy is not entirely false. Material possessions are perfectly capable of bringing in happiness to teenagers. The happiness they bring is however false and merely temporary, sooner or later the great new object of desire and popularity fades into the distance and whatever happiness it brought goes along with it.

Some teenagers believe by the simple action of which they surround themselves with that will bring them happiness. This course of action can also be successful depending on what type of people the teen decides to surround them with. If they surround themselves with people that enjoy breaking the law and abuse substances they are bound to get in some sort of trouble which will certainly lead to disappoint. However the reverse of that situation where the given teenager surrounds themselves with productive members of society that they can share interests with, given what type of personality the teenager has they could easily draw happiness from being around good people.

This brings up the totally opposite face of this discussion. What precisely is “true” happiness for most teenagers in America? This happiness is something that will last for almost or in the most successful cases the entirety of someone’s life. Anything under the sun that could last for years love, art, sports simply too many things to name. In conclusion the simplest definition that true happiness can be given to the modern teenager is for a happiness that will last for years.