Acquiring wealth is one of –if not- the most important things to us humans, because
wealth is like a gateway to whatever we desire. But in the process of acquiring
wealth, we have forgotten how to live and be happy. We have instead focused
stressing and fighting without rest, or even throwing people out of our way
just to get that which we desire. Each day you look outside, you see different
people striving for the same thing; which is ultimately wealth. The problem
with this is that we have become more focused on other things that we have
forgotten how to live. Let us sit down and ask ourselves this question, “when
was the last time we lived?” Living does not mean just being alive, it means
appreciating those things that makes life beautiful
There
are many ways we can achieve happiness, of which wealth is also part of. Helping
people who are in need can bring happiness to us. When you see someone in need
of something and you know quite well that you can afford to help that person,
why not do that and put a smile on that person’s face. This is what happiness
is about, being able to make someone else happy can make us happy as well. This
is what makes life beautiful, being able to help someone in need. There is so
much more to life that makes it beautiful, not just acquiring wealth.
Being
alive is the main reason why we should be happy. Every night people go to sleep
with the hope of waking up the next day, but how many of them actually wake up.
We should all be happy that we are still alive. Going through our day without
losing our lives is another reason to be happy. Since life is too short to
spend being sad. Happy people are what this generation lack. Most people are
not happy with their jobs, instead of being happy that they have one in the
first place.
I once walked into a train and a man I have never met
before asked me a question that I will never forget. He said to me, “where have
you dropped your smile?” That was when I realized that I need to be happy and
also show. What he told me that day put a smile on my face, and that smile is
still there to this day. You can go around and see that there are less smiles
more bitterness and anger among people of our generation than before. Yes,
times are hard but we should still be able to smile and stay happy. Some of the
happiest people in the world come from the poorest countries who cannot afford
to live like we can. These people live happily though they do not know when the
next meal will come from. Why can’t we be happy like them? Some of us consider
ourselves poor but we can afford to pay rent, eat three square meals a day, and
even work.
Whenever you complain about your situation and how
unfortunate you might be, remember that there are people around the world who are
in situations worse than yours. People in Africa who survive on a dollar per
day, people around the U.S. who have no homes, orphans of war in the Middle
East who have no one to take care of them, sick people with no hope of
survival. With all these going on, these people still smile, laugh, and stay
happy. Why can’t you who still have a roof over your head and eat three times a
day be grateful and happy? Look around you, there are one thousand and one
reasons why you should put a smile on that beautiful face.
