Pursuing personal happiness from "summary" of It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
Belly realized that pursuing personal happiness was not as simple as she had once thought. She had always assumed that happiness was something that would come to her effortlessly, something that would just fall into her lap without her having to work for it. But as she sat on the beach, watching the waves crash against the shore, she knew that she had been mistaken. Happiness, she realized, was something that had to be actively pursued. It was not enough to simply wait for it to come to her - she had to go out and find it for herself. And so, she made a decision. She decided that she would not sit around feeling sorry for herself any longer. She would take control of her own happiness...
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