On a sunny Sunday morning … Probably the most beautiful day of the week. I was walking down the road, to meet up for a coffee with my friends which I find is a nice way to enjoy my leisure time on the weekend. Suddenly, a young, kind of cute girl passed by me, listening to music through her headphones. She seemed so carefree … she was dancing frantically and totally ignoring what was happening around her and simply not caring about any of her problems. Besides, it was clearly obvious from her bright smile.
My mind immediately flipped thoughts from the other side of the coin. So as I kept going on my way, I noticed certain people staring at the little girl and from the reactions of their faces, I recognised, not only an uncertainty, of what makes that girl so happy, but also signs of misery and bitterness, because those people couldn’t be as happy and careless as her.
That incident gave birth to this question: By pursuing happiness and always being in thirst of “something more than that”, people have lost the true meaning of life. They consider that, if they don’t satisfy their needs and fulfill their desires, their lives won’t be as beautiful as they think. But in reality, things are not that complicated. True happiness is found in simple things. Or even better, true happiness is not found on “things”. Yes, maybe setting a number of goals to accomplish during your lifetime can be good, but would their accomplishment make you truly happy, if you couldn’t share those moments of joy with your loved ones?
So, don’t waste any moment, spend your time with the people who beautify your everyday life and try to laugh as much as possible. Love and you’ll be loved back. Offer your help and you’ll be helped sometime later. Do stuff that will make you feel great, things you want to remember. Sometimes, your problems can wait for a while, because they can be dealt with.
Your happiness, simply CANNOT !!
Panos Komninos, (22), Graduate from the Department of Accountancy and Finance, TEI Crete (Technological Educational Institute). «My vision is to help people, while also trying to attain my own targets. I want to make people smile through the use of humour, but also through lending them a helping hand when they are in need. Even the smallest act of loving-kindness can make a person’s life beautiful and for this reason I want to bring positiveness and optimism to the people around me».
Email: pkomninos95@hotmail.com