By Pope
Francis
“You may
have defects, be anxious and sometimes live irritated, but do not forget that
your life is the greatest enterprise in the world. Only you can prevent it from
going into decadence. There are many that need you, admire you and love you.
I would like
to remind you that 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 commemorating the event, but also learning lessons in failures.
It is not
just having joy with the applause, but also having joy in anonymity.
Being happy
is to recognize that it is 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 desserts 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.
Being happy
is not being afraid of one’s feelings. It is to know how to talk about
ourselves. It is to bear with courage when hearing “no”.
It is to
have the security to receive criticism, even if it 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.
Never give
up.. Never give up on the people you love. Never give up from being happy because
life is an incredible show.
Just what I needed :)
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| April 2015 - One of my 'Being Happy' times |
