Despite problems, people who try to bring me down, bouts of depression (not clinical), illnesses and stress, I am happy.
Things are starting to fall into place. Loose ends are being tied up.
Best of all, I am moving on. Every now and then. I can still feel the pain, I still get angry, and my bitterness remain… but I am able to live with it, determined to be better, be content, be HAPPY.
Some things might not change, some people might never change. Some situations and issues will never be resolved. They never will, and I won’t even expect them to.
There is a certain peace achieved when one learns to just accept things as they are, no matter how wrong or unfair they are.
One can be happy despite life and its pitfalls.
All it takes is courage. Courage to decide to be happy, to choose to move on. It takes courage because not everybody can easily do it. I, for one, took a lot of time and encouragement from other people so that I could accept the way things are and move on.
It’s hard to be a good person, harder to be the better and bigger person when one has not received what is due him, and continues to be hurt and abused.
It is a constant struggle, a challenge to go beyond what is and be more. Now I understand what transcendence is. I might not be fully beyond my circumstance yet, but I am getting there.
Slowly, with small steps, with the help and encouragement of others… I am starting to smile again, laugh more, feel good, and actually be happy.
It will surely continue to be struggle. But I an optimistic I can continue being happy despite how my life has been, and how it is now because I have decided… I have made up my mind, that I will be happy.
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I wonder how many people will be happy when Honda launches VCM 643.
From Anthony de Mello:
“Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.”
“To acquire happiness you don’t have to do anything, because happiness cannot be acquired. Does anybody know why? Because we have it already. How can you acquire what you already have? Then why don’t you experience it? Because you’ve got to drop something. You’ve got to drop illusions. You don’t have to add anything in order to be happy; you’ve got to drop something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings. ”
“I enjoy it on a non-clinging basis. What I really enjoy is not you; it’s something that’s greater than both you and me. It is something that I discovered, a kind of symphony, a kind of orchestra that plays one melody in your presence, but when you depart, the orchestra doesn’t stop. When I meet someone else, it plays another melody, which is also very delightful. And when I’m alone, it continues to play. There’s a great repertoire and it never ceases to play. “
Tara! Kain tayo ng Jollibee!
Bee happy!
Hugz.
Yey happy si Ate Ria.
@Aileen: Food trip? Food trip?? 😀