What is happiness for you?
yes YOU.
I'm asking you because you are the master of your own thoughts
- thoughts that direct your life
- thoughts that speaks the person inside you
- thoughts that can make or unmake you
and your idea of being happy reflects in what you do.
You are laughing with friends, sharing jokes and funny quotes with them, but when you are alone you feel empty.
You are doing community works wearing an outfit of smile to people you meet but deep within you're striving for something which you could hardly define...
is that happiness?
I have this friend who is surrounded by suitors
She is beautiful. She often smile. She's fond of sharing jokes with friends
People always say, she has everything and that she is very lucky
but for me I see a lonely lady, wearing a smile behind those sad foggy eyes
then I asked her "why....what makes you sad despite of everything you have?'
she replied, "I'm dying."
You may have flaws, worries and sometimes you're mad about life, people, events or situations, but never forget that your life is the greatest innovation.
you are YOU, and it is only you who can prevent your life from getting off the track.
In tough times, don't be discouraged.
In sickness, never lose hope
There are many that need you, admire you and love you
just allow them to love you and care for you
Being happy is not having a sky without storms, or roads without accidents, or work without fatigue, or relationships without disappointments.
Being happy is finding strength in forgiveness, hope in one's battles, security at the stage of fear, love in disagreements.
Being happy is not only to treasure the smile
but that you also reflect on the sadness.
It is not just remembering the great moment
but also learning lessons in failures.
It is not just having joy with applause, but also having joy in being alone, celebrating secretly the occasions that are meant to be treasured.
Being happy is to recognize that it is a worthwhile to live, despite all the challenges, misunderstandings and times of crises.
Being happy is not inevitable fate, but a victory for those who can travel towards it with your own being.
Being happy is to stop being a victim of problems but become an actor in history itself. It is not only to cross the deserts outside of ourselves, but still more, to be able to find an oasis in the recesses of our soul. It is to thank God every morning for the miracle of life, and in the evening for the blessings of the entire day.
Being happy is not afraid of one's feelings. It is to know how to talk about ourselves. It is to bear with courage when hearing a "no". It is to have the security to receive criticism, even if its unfair. It is to kiss the children, pamper the parents, have poetic moments with friends, even if they have hurt us.
Being happy means allowing the free, happy and simple child inside each of us to live; having the maturity to say, "I was wrong", having the audacity to say, "forgive me". It is to have sensitivity in expressing, " I need you"; to have the ability of saying, "I love you". So that your life becomes a garden full of opportunities for being happy.
"In your spring-time, may you become a lover of joy.
In your winter, may you become a friend of wisdom.
And when you go wrong along the way, you start all over again.
Thus you will be more passionate about life. And you will find that happiness is not about having a perfect life but about using tears to water tolerance, losses to refine patience, failures to carve serenity, pain to lapidate pleasure, obstacles to open the windows of intelligence".
-Pope Francis
What is happiness for me?
It is about being a comfort to my dying friend, being her strength, her hope and her inspiration to live a happy life despite everything.
It is about being positive, not allowing problems or worries to sit in.
Never give up
Never give up on the people you love
Never give up from being happy because life is an incredible show
and you are a special human being!
photo credit from google
yes YOU. I'm asking you because you are the master of your own thoughts
- thoughts that direct your life
- thoughts that speaks the person inside you
- thoughts that can make or unmake you
and your idea of being happy reflects in what you do.
You are laughing with friends, sharing jokes and funny quotes with them, but when you are alone you feel empty.
You are doing community works wearing an outfit of smile to people you meet but deep within you're striving for something which you could hardly define...
is that happiness?
I have this friend who is surrounded by suitors
She is beautiful. She often smile. She's fond of sharing jokes with friends
People always say, she has everything and that she is very lucky
but for me I see a lonely lady, wearing a smile behind those sad foggy eyes
then I asked her "why....what makes you sad despite of everything you have?'
she replied, "I'm dying."
You may have flaws, worries and sometimes you're mad about life, people, events or situations, but never forget that your life is the greatest innovation.
you are YOU, and it is only you who can prevent your life from getting off the track.
In tough times, don't be discouraged.
In sickness, never lose hope
There are many that need you, admire you and love you
just allow them to love you and care for you
Being happy is not having a sky without storms, or roads without accidents, or work without fatigue, or relationships without disappointments.
Being happy is finding strength in forgiveness, hope in one's battles, security at the stage of fear, love in disagreements.
Being happy is not only to treasure the smile
but that you also reflect on the sadness.
It is not just remembering the great moment
but also learning lessons in failures.
It is not just having joy with applause, but also having joy in being alone, celebrating secretly the occasions that are meant to be treasured.
Being happy is to recognize that it is a worthwhile to live, despite all the challenges, misunderstandings and times of crises.
Being happy is not inevitable fate, but a victory for those who can travel towards it with your own being.
Being happy is to stop being a victim of problems but become an actor in history itself. It is not only to cross the deserts outside of ourselves, but still more, to be able to find an oasis in the recesses of our soul. It is to thank God every morning for the miracle of life, and in the evening for the blessings of the entire day.
Being happy is not afraid of one's feelings. It is to know how to talk about ourselves. It is to bear with courage when hearing a "no". It is to have the security to receive criticism, even if its unfair. It is to kiss the children, pamper the parents, have poetic moments with friends, even if they have hurt us.
Being happy means allowing the free, happy and simple child inside each of us to live; having the maturity to say, "I was wrong", having the audacity to say, "forgive me". It is to have sensitivity in expressing, " I need you"; to have the ability of saying, "I love you". So that your life becomes a garden full of opportunities for being happy.
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| May you become a Lover of Joy |
"In your spring-time, may you become a lover of joy.
In your winter, may you become a friend of wisdom.
And when you go wrong along the way, you start all over again.
Thus you will be more passionate about life. And you will find that happiness is not about having a perfect life but about using tears to water tolerance, losses to refine patience, failures to carve serenity, pain to lapidate pleasure, obstacles to open the windows of intelligence".
-Pope Francis
What is happiness for me?
It is about being a comfort to my dying friend, being her strength, her hope and her inspiration to live a happy life despite everything.
It is about being positive, not allowing problems or worries to sit in.
Never give up
Never give up on the people you love
Never give up from being happy because life is an incredible show
and you are a special human being!
photo credit from google
