I find whenever I talk to someone I haven’t seen in a while or a friend I’ve known forever, they always ask if I am happy. What I want to say is yes, I am happy and sad and annoyed, angry, joyful, excited, tired, irritated, frustrated, cheerful…these are emotions, which come and go and I feel them all at various times.
I think what they really want to know is am I content? And I am. I have an amazing life which is nothing like what I ever imagined for myself. And I think that’s why people ask if I am happy. It’s not what they expect to see for me. It’s not the world they expected me to live in.
But I feel like a wild animal who once caught and put in captivity, adjusted and has now realized, it’s not so bad here. No one is hunting me. I am well fed. I have things to play with and people who play with me. People routinely line up to admire me.
I am this polar bear. 
His world maybe be concrete and limited, but the water is cold, it is snowing, and all is well for him in this moment.
Side Note: I actually had this awesome video of him swimming laps I took at the Berlin zoo but WordPress wants me to give them more money to be able to show videos. So you get a still shot. LOL
T.A. Henry 
I first think that I could not be the polar bear for it is so limited, trapped in a very small cage with nowhere to go. Then I think of all us, trapped in a much larger cage with everywhere to go. The polar bear, as you said, is content in its cage. We can go virtually anywhere. How many of us are truly content. I envy you.
Tim
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Don’t envy me. Adjust your cage do you are content.
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