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Happiness is...taking a break


Stay Happy. Stay satisfied. Stay cool. 
These are easy to say, and tough to be. I really can't remember, the last time when i was fully happy, or smiling or laughing like crazy. I mean seriously, did i stop for a moment and looked back to see how i was holding up with my life? Did i take a moment to feel what i was actually feeling? No. Some how i just skipped the emotional part and continued with the practical. Some how being happy became the least thing i wanted to have in my way towards life. But is it that simple? Leading life without preferring yourself a bit? I think that we all should just stop jostling and getting lost in this worldly life. Just take a moment, see what you've been through and appreciate what you've got. Good or Bad.
Wishing and Dreaming- these two are unlimited. Dreaming is good. But sometimes we dream so much that we forget the reality. Then it comes- Depression. Sadness of not getting what we fantasized of. But because of the ugly reality we can't just stick to our fantasies, or dreams or wishes. We should have the courage to dream and to face reality in both hands. It is what it is, depending on how you see it. Expectations should be in your limits, so that you can easily attach it to the reality. If you can't make it, just give it time. time heals everything. Sometimes in this buzzing life, all you need is just a break from everything, and only you own it, no one else. Then everything seems so better, the pain heals itself, and the problems start to sorting out. 
I know, we are humans. We can't be fully satisfied but what we can do is to have patience and inner strength. Life is a gift. It's in our hands. It is us, who can decide whether to be happy or waste it in depressions. We can wrap it in rainbows, we can color it. We are that much powerful! So why not be happy? :D

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” 

― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married

Can we just halt a sec. and review all the good moments we had with our friends,families and loved ones? It can really be refreshing. Having all the flashbacks of good times. Life is not that bad, is it? 
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by 

smiles, not tears.” 

― John Lennon
Do we need any particular reason to stay happy, satisfied? We are gifted a life from god, we have a beautiful earth having trees and oxygen so we can breath, we have families, we have loved ones, we have pets, we can go window shopping, (do i need any money for that?!), everything that we needed. Life could be worse. I could be born as a cockroach and could be bitten dozen of times by sandals, gross! So lucky that i'm a human. I can lead my life in my own rules. That is happiness. That is my satisfaction. Tell you what this can't get any better. I'm good with this "boring and not so special" kinda life. And i can try my best to put all the little things together to be a happy teen. :)
 “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes 

from your own actions.” 
                             
                                                                                                        
                                                                    ― Dalai Lama XIV



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