\u201cYou may have flaws, live anxious, and sometimes get angry, but never forget that your life is the biggest company in the world. And you can keep it from going bankrupt.
\nThere are many people who need, admire and cheer for you.
\nI wish that you always remember that being happy is not having a sky without storms, paths without accidents, work without fatigue, relationships without disappointments.
\nBeing happy is finding strength in forgiveness, hope in battles, security in fear, love in disagreements.
\nBeing happy is not only appreciating the smiles, but reflecting on the sadness.
\nIt is not just celebrating the success, but also learning lessons in failures.
\nNot only having joy in applause, but finding joy in anonymity.
\nBeing happy is recognizing that life is worth living, despite all the challenges, misunderstandings and periods of crisis.
\nBeing happy is no longer being a victim of the problems and becoming an author of history itself. It is crossing deserts outside of yourself, but being able to find an oasis in the secret of your soul.
\nIt is thanking God every morning for the miracle of life.
\nBeing happy is not being afraid of your own feelings. It\u2019s knowing how to talk to yourself.
\nIt\u2019s the courage to hear a \u201cNo\u201d and be confident enough to receive criticism, although sometimes untrue.
\nBeing happy is to let the child living within us to live free, happy and simple.
\nIt is having the needed maturity to say \u201cI was wrong\u201d.
\nIt is having the essential courage to say \u201cforgive me\u201d.
\nIt is having the indispensable sensibility to say \u201cI need you\u201d.
\nIt is being able to say \u201cI love you\u201d.
\nIt is having the humility of receptivity.
\nI want life to be a hotbed of opportunities and that you be happy. And when you go astray, start again. This way, you will find that being happy is not having a perfect life, but using tears to irrigate tolerance. Using losses to refine patience.
\nUsing failures to reach prayer.
\nUsing obstacles to open the windows of intelligence.
\nNever give up hope.
\nNever give up the people you love.
\nNever give up on being happy, because life is a no-miss obstacle, even if it gives you dozens of reasons to demonstrate the contrary.<\/p>\n
Stones on the way? I keep them all \u2026 One day I\u2019ll build a castle!\u201d<\/p>\n
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