Picking up where i left off yesterday.
The third thing you can do to have a simple -and thus happy- life is to apologize. i never understood why apologizing for your wrong doings was so hard for some people, you say a word, and instantly the person you have wronged will feel better -even if slightly-.
We are human beings, it's in our very nature to make mistakes, if you don't make mistakes, then you're not human. so it's not a question of "if", it's a question of "when". when you make a mistake towards someone, try to mend it, then apologize, if you can't mend it, then at least apologize, be generous with those you have wronged and you will find that a lot more people will start smiling when they see you coming their way.
This next one is a little difficult for most, but i find it one of the most important. be a realistic optimist. being a realistic optimist is having a positive outlook on life, it means that whatever happens to you, you always reach for the benefits you gained rather than the troubles you endured.
When a bad situation occurs in your life, but at its end you gain something really awesome from it, although it wasn't what you had planned for or expected, is it really considered a bad situation anymore ?
and how about good situations that occur in our life, that at their end we gain exactly what we had planned for and expected, but it turns out to be bad, is it still considered a good situation ?
Everything that happens to us, no matter how terrible, no matter how devastating or soul crushing, will always teach us something, will always give us new insights, new friends, or show us who our real friends are. so in a sense, nothing bad can ever happen to a human being, you just have to look for the good in life, and embrace it, why is that so hard for people to comprehend and live by, why do people purposefully reach out for what will hurt them, and shy away from happiness when it reaches out its arms for us.
I hope that one day people will learn this, same way i did. there is nothing better than having something -that the rest of the world thinks is bad- happen to you, and you surprise that same world by being a better, happier, and more determined you.
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to be continued...
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