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Appreciation For The Many

It's not like everyone was born into this world full of skepticism and hatred. As we were pulled into the society, we then had fresh minds and positive-yet-naive thoughts. Who could have thought that we'd actually consider the sun had two eyes and a mouth that would smile when it was up in the sky? Or that constellations in the sky would actually have lines drawn between points for us to recognize what they were?

Reality doesn't stick to unicorns and fairy-tales as much as some of us want them to. Though we have our ideas of what we want, there are always times when most of us think only of our own four walls and forget that the world might actually be a better place if we recognize that there's still a floor and a ceiling, making it six sides in all. You see, no matter what angle you take your picture of life, there will always be more than what you originally thought of.

When you see a classmate get a 98 of 100 score on the latest exam, while you only got a mere 57, you have to recognize that your classmate might have just aimed at getting a perfect score, ultimately falling short of it. To the general public, what he got is a diamond, something far reachable than what the average person can usually get. And perhaps this is what we all should have in our mind - aim high, then hit big. You've already deprived yourself the chance to win it big when you don't even aspire to be there in the first place.

It pays to see the positive side of things. It's a path that's not taken as much as you think it is, and even that is still an unclear proposition. However, learn to appreciate what others do out of service, out of pure initiative, and out of goodwill.

Making black propaganda just for the sake of it only proves one irony that your life is currently experiencing - that you're not doing anything interesting, and you actually want people to care about you. Pathetic.

Refuse To See

There have been a few good times when I sense that some people are portraying the very opposite of what they are inside. These situations have lead me to ponder on the thoughts of someone being able to have the luxury of having to wear a mask and eventually get away with it - and trust me, it's nowhere near being healthy.

Recently, I've been on another roller-coaster ride - one that's involved more than just the usual solo-shotgun ride life usually asks me to be on. This time, the only reason I got involved is because I see the responsibility I have in making someone see things in a better light. It isn't even assured of winning the Right-Thing-To-Do award, but for all it's worth, there's a possibility that continuing with this charade would lead to worse repercussions in the future. Perhaps this is one of the ironies of being an optimist - you pessimistically ask people to be an optimist too.

In your everyday lives and monotonous routines, you may have been privileged enough to notice that the ones who strive to become better than most are usually the ones that delve into their personal worlds more often than the usual. Probably because their outside influence is not coherent with their inner long-term goals, we may never know the real reason for this. However, it becomes such a hindrance whenever they sacrifice the very essence of success and social standing by going into one's own world and constantly be in denial for things that are really right in front of them. Yes, we all go through hell every once in a while - this is something that no one is exempted from. However, how we handle this 'hell' and how we plan on looking forward to reaching nirvana can and will define us - in more ways than one.

People who've gone through [bleep] in their lives know that in everything you do, you will always have a choice. A few follow the saying of "if there's a will, there's a way", or even the simple cliche of "it's never too late". Even more people go ahead and make their own one-liners, albeit these don't really go far from the main point of it all. What's that point, you ask? It's that point that gets shouted out by the genuinely happy people alive, and it is this - happiness is a choice. It always has been, and always will be.

For all the decisions we make in our lives, none has been more important than the decision of which thought to constantly have. Perhaps this is why optimists have an edge over the not-so-positive. They're the ones that already feel like they are in their nirvana, so when it does come, they are more than ready to accept the responsibilities of being there, of being someone who's happy and thankful for everything they have.

Seriously, if you didn't already feel like winning the lottery way before you actually did, would you have been able to properly handle it when it did come?

I didn't think so.

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be nice to the world, and the world will be a lot nicer too.