Why is it that people assume that happiness means being joyous, being energetic, being loud?  Multiple times in my past I've been around people that I actively liked less while they were happier.

I will never be popular and never desire to be.  But if anything, I strive to be an example.  Living proof that there is another way, so many ways, to live life.  That you don't have to be outgoing in order to make friends.  That silence can be more meaningful than any words.  That your gender doesn't define who you are.  That it's normal to express sorrow.  That promises can be kept, even when they don't matter.