Happiness

We all have a different definition of happiness. We can be happy with the simplest things in life while others happiness is costly. So never let any other person define what can make us happy because it was for us to decide. It is not a goal, but it is a by-product of our decisions. We choose to be happy and nobody else can steal our happiness if we don't let them. Choose wisely, you have all freedom to be happy, so create your own happiness.

Hope

Hope! Often times, we lose hope. We lose hope because of constant disappointments, failures, and heartbreaks. We are sometimes scared to get up and keep hoping because of those things that might be part of all the inevitables in life. We turned negative because we are scared to feel pain again. We are scared to get hurt. However, if we don't hope what is there to look forward to? Are we going to choose to wallow in our "hurts" or to hope that someday our situation will change in our favor?

We are given the choice to keep the pain to ourselves or to let go and hope for the better.

Just like the quote say we should "let our hopes, not our hurts, shape our future."

The choice is yours, choose where do you want to be? What future would you want to have?

Confidence

Often times, we are scared to make a mistake because of fear that we might fail and embarrassed ourselves. We don't have the confidence to try things that are out of our comfort zones. However, the times that we choose to take risk are the times that can either teach us a lesson or let us prosper.
We should always have the confidence to try even if we fail. Trying means progress. When we try, we move forward to a different goal, and to a better us.  Having confidence also answers our what ifs. Whatever the result of being confident, we should embrace it fully, and keep moving forward.

Be Gentle with Words, Choose Kindness

"A gentle word, A kind look, A good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles"         -WILLIAM HAZLITT

Words they said are sharper than a knife and deadlier than any weapons. We must never speak if we only meant to hurt someone with it. Close your mouth unless you tend to speak gently. We don't know what a person is going through. We don't know their stories, we don't know their truths. We might have the same experiences but we never have the same coping mechanism. We should always approach with gentleness in our words. We should always use kind words, that might motivate a person who is close on giving up. Just like the what Wiliam Hazlitt say "A gentle word, A kind look, A good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles."        

Do what brings out the best in you!

All of us have their own unique talent or characteristics that only us can do best. Whether it is simple or nothing to someone else, it is unique to us and brings out the best in us. In this time where everyone copies what other people do choose to be unique and do what makes you happy. Find happiness in the things that we do best.

Patience

Patience they said is a virtue. Today, I went to DMV Dillingham to renew my instructional permit. I waited for close to 5 hours just to have my documents processed and my permit to be renewed.
There I sat, patiently waited for a very long time as I watch the clock ticks as time pass by fast. Over half of the hours that I stayed in there, I wanted to just leave and go. But then I realized, that if I leave, I would just go through the same process over again because of their slow system in processing. I relate that little experience of mine in life. In life, the same thing can happen. There would be a slow system in getting what we wanted and to be where we wanted. We can also start that process, but it is up to us to choose whether we would endure the process until the end and see the fruit of our hard work. Or we can choose to run out of patience and leave our dreams and aspirations without seeing its fruit and wasting our time and effort in trying to get it. Today I chose to be patient and waited to be served of what I went there for.

In that little experience of mine, I learned that in order to be successful in anything we want, we just have to be patient. You can take a rest when you get tired chasing your dreams. Also, you can rant out your struggles in reaching it but NEVER dare give up. You never know how close you are to where you want to be. Keep the patience, always remember your goals.

LIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST

Life has a lot of surprises

it will give you things you might not expect and,

vulnerable you might just give in and give up

emotions might decide for you too, However,

you should never give up and fold in your problems

overtime, it will pass, and 

ultimately, your pain at that moment shall go away 

rivers of tears might have been shed during your broken moment but your tears will surely dry

live the beauty of life and ride on its waves

in life, you have to keep going, you never know what is on the next chapter

fill your heart with joy because that would be your armor in all your battles

embrace each pain and each struggle, mourn over it, but never dwell upon it so,

to you, who may be struggling, Remember you have a support system; your family and friends

our pain, our problem, our burden is your battles should be called, never forget

that you have a support system to whom you can share everything with

heart to heart talk with them, open up, never be ashamed of your pain, you might share the same

ease the pain of each other and keep going 

fight!! you have been fighting and have been winning those battles

ugly battle scars might not be visible, but a brave heart is glowing through your eyes

laugh, my friend, you deserve it

live the life you've always wanted and deserves

each one of us got only one life to live but has plenty of chances to stand up in each fall

so always choose your happiness because it is hard to live a life full of regrets

to YOU who are reading this poem, keep fighting, you are closer to your goal in each battle scar you gain

LIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST

a little poem I wrote, Hope you guys like it
-CATHERINE