Desiderata

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Desiderata

   
   

   What is happiness? Happiness can mean to anyone and everyone. It depends on the person and what that person experienced to feel happiness. For me, happiness is a journey you must take for you to see your destination. You have to go through some obstacles in your life but if you strive further, you will reach your goal. 

   With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.    
   The world is still beautiful. I have always seen this from the people I meet that they would searched for the dark side and complains what had the world become. They would always thinks that this world have no hope already. I don't believe so. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel. It's hope. Hope that we can still repair the holes that we created and mend it. This is not the first time or will be the last time that I have heard in the news on how common average people help those in troubled and still does not expect to accept rewards because for them it is the right thing to help. We sometimes overlook this small things that we had forgotten there is good in this world. If we just look at the positive side and see the good side, we can proclaim that the world is still beautiful. I had also remembered someone saying that a person who always think of the positive outlook is denying the reality and is forging a fantasy. I believe that the bad side should not be your reality. Having a positive outlook in life is not forging a fantasy but a perspective of another who sees the good in this world.

    Life can be quite a struggle at times. We sometimes feel lost and don’t know how to deal with the difficulties we’re confronted with. Even more importantly, it feels as if we’re facing the struggle all alone. In these situations, it can be quite uplifting and helpful to have an inspiring poem at hand. Reading old literature will help you to understand that many who lived long before you were confronted with very similar problems and issues. And surprisingly, these magnificent individuals found truly insightful words to accompany you on your – sometimes challenging – journey. Even more so, many of them discovered fantastic ways of dealing with the struggles at hand. In my case this poem help me open my eyes to see the different perspective of people. It made me think and reflect on some words. It etched deeply and had been engraved in my mind. And somehow it became the closure to the problems I have never solved. It gave a vague idea on how to solve my problems.

   We must look for the bright side and if possible change how you see the world. Talk to people, engage in different activities that will help you see a new point-of-view and change yourself for the better, for the world will be better.

  

             





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