...why I am happy!

A new year. To restart, transform, reflect, search. Dreams fulfilled, More dreams to dream about. Looking inside, Moving forward. Doing our part. Searching the good. Tranquil conscious. Peace of soul. Interior Strengh. Happy Now. Happy New Day. Happy Forever. unknown author Novo ano. Recomeçar, transformar, refletir, buscar. Sonhos realizados Mais sonhos para sonhar. Olhar para dentro, seguir em frente. Fazer a nossa parte. Buscar o bem. Consciência tranquila. Paz de espírito. Força interior. Feliz Agora. Feliz Dia Novo. Feliz Sempre.

I can't forget their faces... Their way to look at me as if we had met before. Their request for my lap as if I were their mom. I can't forget their laughs... Their smiles as if their lives were only happiness. Their hugs as if we could stay like this forever. I can't forget that moment... With so much love for a stranger. A tough moment to say goodbye. These words represent exactly what I felt yesterday, when visiting (for the first time) an orphanage. I thank God for this opportunity, showing me life just the way it is (or it should be). When I left, all I could remember was a big lesson - of happiness , hope and true love .

"Success is a journey not a destination." Ben Letterman I read this phrase in a Mizuno's advertising a month ago. Do I agree with that? I thought a thousand times... and couldn't stop thinking about it. Maybe there was some kind of "secret of happiness" in it... Maybe not. But the thing is that after a while I realized it has a lot to say, so this is what this post is about. People often live of making plans in order to guarantee a successful future. Sometimes thinking that one day they won't have to fight in "battles" anymore. They'll won and that's it. But the truth is that battles never finish. When you are a child your battle is to finish school. Then you get older and have to finish high school. After that, your struggles become what course you will take at the university... Ufff, you've done all that... you must find a job... where? how? am I going to be good at it? how much? You think "things will get better when I find ...

What you'll read now it's a mix of thoughts from different sources... There is a way to be good again. You should never let anyone take from you: Your faith in love , even in times of war; Your power to transform lives ; Your hope to make dreams come true ; Your freedom 's mind; Your pride to be yourself, even with imperfections; Your energy to start over again ; Your courage to face challenges; Your capacity of asking for help ; Your happiness in doing the right thing; Your certainty that life is worth it ! The worst place to be in this life is in the half-way. Never be conformed with less than everything.

This is so true. Sentiments are the only thing (as far as I can remember or recall) capable of being multiplied when shared. Love, peace, happiness... for these things, we all should use this 'math' on daily basis. I've read this phrase today in the book "By the river Piedra I sat down and wept", written 13 years ago by the famous brazilian writer Paulo Coelho . Besides this thoughtful sentence, I am also quoting a part that I liked a lot and wanted to share with you. "(...) Every day God gives us - with the sun - one moment when it is possible to change everything that makes us unhappy. Everyday we try to pretend that we don't perceive this moment, or that it doesn't exist, that today is like yesterday and it will be like tomorrow. But, those who pay attention to their days, find their magic instant. It can be hidden in the time we put the key in the door in the morning, in the instant of the silence right after the dinner, in one thousand and one th...