Here’s a thought to be remembered.
How does one try so hard to maintain a positive attitude?
How does one try so hard to see the good in people?
How does one do his/her best in a world where all the world’s a stage
and everyone else’s comfort zone revolves around not being happy.
Tis true.
We live in a society where we have forgotten the definition of happiness.
We live in a world where it is often easier to criticize rather than praise.
We have forgotten to support one another. To love one another.
To find the ways and the days as well as the times when all we knew
was that life was simple and our purpose in this world.. was… well.. to be happy.
We live in a complex society these days.
Our jobs have become a way of life.
Our occupations now guide us.
Our careers tells us where we need to go.
They have become the measurement of success.
You know what I’m talking about.
We have a special need to feel that we belong.
We have this longing to achieve a certain status in life.
It feels like ages.
Yet not that long ago
I felt the exact same way.
I lived for what I did for a living.
My job was my life.
My life was my job.
Hours and hours in the day.
Moments in time.
Months out of the year.
I made sacrifices.
I sacrificed my family.
I forgot about my friends.
I even forgot about myself.
I told myself that life was not about me.
It was about supporting other people.
I was told to never think about myself because at the end of the day
life is not measured by how you think of yourself.
Life is measured in the context of how others think about you.
What I wouldn’t give to have those moments back.
I would go back in time.
I would listen to myself.
I would treasure the small moments.
I would smile and embrace my friends.
I would live in the moment of being close to my family.
At the end of the day, I would just smile and be thankful.
And yet I can’t go back.
I can’t undo the past.
I can’t undo the times when I forgot about people.
I can’t undo the moments and the holidays where I chose to forget about family.
I can’t undo the moments of loneliness when I needed my family and my friends…
and yet I was too prideful to reach out.
And now… I find myself battling resistance.
I find myself trying to undo all that is wrong in the world.
I find myself trying so hard to help people understand
that in this moment… in this world… instead of forgetting and criticizing
all we need is to smile. to be happy. to know that we are great people.
When your head is in a certain place
Nobody around to make you safe
Stand strong and you will grow
wait till you see my smile
wait till they see your smile
don’t they love to see you down
kick you while you are on the ground
don’t let emotions show
people always speculate
don’t let them get in your way
see they say things they don’t know
sing
wait till you see my smile
wait till they see your smile
(Alicia Keys-Wait Til You See My Smile)
