Sara Guajardo

Catherine Wade

@yellowdog485667 · Jan 11, 2026 5:38 pm

Family the First Source of Happiness or Pain

Sometimes I think that one of the biggest factors shaping our happiness or sadness in life isn’t money ,intelligence, or even opportunity
it’s the family we grow up in.
Some people are raised in environments full of safety, support, encouragement, and room to make mistakes.
Others grow up learning how to protect themselves, suppress their emotions, and survive rather than live.
A family can be the place where you learn to love yourself.
or the first place where you learn that you’re not enough.
The hard part is that we don’t choose our families.
What we can choose later is how we understand their impact on us.