Happiness Versus Doing The Right Thing

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"What if the right thing to do doesn't make you happy anymore, would you still continue doing the right thing?" Someone send me this message through my mobile phone early this morning and it really made me think for a while. A lot of times I have been put in this situation. Like when I was in High school, my parents are the kind that are really strict and even before I went to High school they already warned me to not have a boyfriend. But when you're in that age you can't really help but to like someone and all the more you can't control someone not to like you back. And so I had a boyfriend. We kept our relationship as private as possible so no one can notice. I was happy with him and even the thought of my parents might knew about it, I still went on with our relationship. But like any other secret relationship, my elder sisters caught us strolling along the mall. My sisters told my parents and as I knew it they made me break up my boyfriend. I know my parents trusted me and I know they only want me to focus on my studies which was a good thing but I wasn't able to control my feelings. I was torn between my happiness and doing what my parents told me. In the end, I did what my parents wanted. I am not happy about it but at that time it was the right thing to do. Sometimes, doing the right thing can deprive you of your happiness but sometimes it also depends on the situation. Maybe, for me, at that time I was still young and I wasn't strong enough to fight for my boyfriend. Sometimes, it's really hard to choose between happiness and doing the right thing. You have to consider many things and think of the people you love especially your family. But whatever the choices you make, make sure you will not regret it.