Hajja Salesjana May June 2017

1 7 Being happy is not inevitable fate, but a victory for those who can travel towards it with your own being. Being happy is to stop being a victim of problems but become an actor in history itself. It is not only to cross the deserts outside of ourselves, but still more, to be able to find an oasis in the recesses of our soul. It is to thank God every morning for the miracle of life. Being happy is not being afraid of one’s feelings. It is to know how to talk about ourselves. It is to bear with courage when hearing a ‘no’. It is to have the security to receive criticism, even if it is unfair. It is to kiss the children, pamper the parents, have poetic moments with friends even if they have hurt us. Being happy means allowing the free, happy and simple child inside each of us to live; having the maturity to say, “I was wrong”; to have the ability of saying, “I love you.” So that your life becomes a garden full of opportunities for being happy... In your springtime, may you become a lover of joy. In your winter, may you become a friend of wisdom. And when you go wrong along the way, you start all over again. Thus, you will be more passionate about life. And you will find that happiness is not about having a perfect life but about using tears to water tolerance, losses to refine patience, failures to carve serenity, pain to lapidate pleasure, obstacles to open the window to intelligence. Never give up... Never give up on the people you love. Never give up from being happy because life is an incredible show. And you are a special human being!"