Our years
are generally marked by the things we do; by how much we earned in the passing year,
by how our GPA was, by the job we changed, by the car bought… Shortly, by the
things we did. Or simply failed to do. And how about all we have felt? Is our
happiness or sadness measured by the things we achieve or not? Maybe, yes.
Certainly, yes for most of us.
But how
right is that? How about all the things we have felt? How about thanking for
all we have got? How about succeeding to keep people we love in our lives? How
about having a peaceful life? How about being able to do the things we love? I
will accept that for many people accomplishing things is the only happiness,
earning more money means more laughing, being appreciated by everybody is
motivating, passing classes is cherishing.
Well, as
for me, I have earned well this year by not having to work too much. I have
graduated from the university with the best degree in my department. I have had
a lot of fun times. I have married with the love of my life. I have found a job very easily after
graduating and even a well-paying one. Are these the things which mark 2015 for
me? Honestly, not. They have surely changed the direction of my life. They
certainly have a big effect on how my future will be like. Indeed, I am proud
of myself for all of these. Yet, 2015 means more than the things I achieved to
do.
I didn’t lose my mom to a bad
sickness. I am thankful for it.
I managed to have a lot of free time
to spend with my family, my darling nieces especially.
I found and showed the courage to
move to another city.
I received the chance to be with my
lover and we finally started to live in the same country, together.
See? If I didn’t have any of these
above, all the things I succeeded would be a big nothing.
The
important thing is to be like children who express their sadness when somebody
breaks their hearts.
The
important thing is to be like children who make the best of the day instead of
worrying about the future.
The important
thing is to be like children who simply choose to be with the ones they love,
and not to be with the ones they don’t like.
The
important thing is to be like children who don’t stop playing in the park when
it starts to rain.
Well said,
isn’t it? Because the only important thing is to live today and to discover what brings real happiness in life, the true one.
