Always Remember, Happiness Equals Bracket

What do you say to a good friend after a long absence? For me, it's usually awkward and I try to dispel the awkwardness by telling terrible jokes. Awful jokes. "Why did the maths homework cross the road" jokes (it was stapled to the chicken :D). I think I'm hilarious. Sadly, nobody else does.

Luckily though, I know all you faithful readers are more understanding :) And the only thing I can think of saying now is:

Welcome welcome welcome! Lindy and I have missed you all soooooooo much!

So of course we could offer you the usual bag of excuses for why we haven't posted in a very long time - we were fighting mutant bullants in Mongolia, catching Hungarian Horntails for our next project - but the truth is, real life has a way of getting very, very busy. We didn't forget about Happiness Equals Bracket at all - but after expanding it into an official James Ruse club, posting on this blog seemed to pale in importance next to a real-life HEB group. HSC also has an awful way of making you think your whole future depends on studying hard, and in between cramming for trials, starting our school club, and facing the frightening world beyond high school, this little blog got left behind and forgotten. I'll say it - we became lazy.

We did practise our marshmallow-toasting skills

But one day when Lindy and I were stuffing our faces contemplating philosophy in Gloria Jeans, we began talking nostalgically about our Happiness Equals Bracket blog days - and we realised the same thing. While we had been busy studying to get into that top degree we didn't really want and letting worrying about the future consume us, we'd lost the essence of Happiness Equals Bracket within us - why this whole blog was created.

Organising fundraisers and endorsing important initiatives (like our most recent RUOK? Day project which I'll blog about later) are really great things that open your eyes to the importance of giving back to the community - but this blog was and still is about sharing the wonderful, positive things in life with other people. We began HEB because we wanted to make you smile in a world that's sometimes harsh and cold. And we both realised together that even if we don't get that incredibly high ATAR, even if our futures are uncertain and nobody reads this anymore, Happiness Equals Bracket is something that we want to continue for as long as we can and if possible, the rest of our lives :)

We may have graduated from high school and said our farewell to childhood, but it's certainly not the end!

So what now? Well for the next few weeks, there will be inspirational stories and motivational quotes updated  every day and now, aimed at, but not only for, those HSC students in our grade. Do you find it hard to get motivated to go for your dreams? Hopefully the stories we find will make you rethink that and go for gold, baby! Abraham Lincoln said "Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today", so whatever it is you are inspired to do - start now!

I'll share with you a dream me and Lindy have (it's a little silly, yes hehehe). Although it may never happen, in a small part of our hearts, we dream that one day we'll be able to host our own 'Happiness' TV show which broadcasts to the world all the quirky, fun projects we do so people in their living rooms might remember the positives in life too. Ridiculous yes? But does that matter? Not a single bit :)

So if you've been checking this blog and seeing no signs of life, this is what we say to you:

We are not dead. We are here, and we are waiting. (Too ominous? Never mind here's some love xx)

Lindy and Bella

Always Remember, Happiness Equals Bracket =)