How to stay happy every day

So they are trying to create geniuses-the ones that many parents hope their own children would be. But geniuses are still humans, right? When we define success with the mainstream society’s vintage point, it is actually very dangerous because we might lose the chance finding true happiness in life. We often admire those who are highly or over-achieved in academia; yet there are a lot of people with higher education who don’t even know the basic principles of enjoying life. Sometimes, one can hear or see news regarding someone that totally loses control and commits serious crimes. It is sad that many of us have no idea where to find inner peace and lasting happiness.

A book I recently read mentions that most people work so diligently to bring happiness into their life but they have yet found the way to maintain it. We might feel great after getting a raise of salary but that feeling could easily go away within twenty four hours should there be something unpleasant happening shortly after. Hence, how can we not let this happy feeling fade away so rapidly? The key is not focusing on the matter but the feeling in which happiness is involved. For instance, you love planting peonies and feel delighted when the flowers blossom. Try to keep that happy feeling in your heart but not thinking about how you plant the flowers and the related procedure because you probably will feel sad while thinking that flowers will wither soon and winter is coming later. In a word, real happiness lies in us; we should let this feeling stay with us all the time even in the times of difficulty and trial….

Je suis ici

Glistening sands shine like gold
Here
I breathe
The fragrance of blue sea
There
I leave
The trace of Brittany
Je suis ici
On the map
In the chateau
With verdant trees
Embroidered carpets
Spread across the old street
Cobbles
Accordion
And summer festivities
Weave
A perpetual time line
Full of scintillating eves

Out of the box

Golden light streams in
With soundless steps
Breathing
An imminent reverie
Spring festival
Rock & Roll music
And a new season of
Grey’s Anatomy
Flicking cigarettes make
Bits and pieces of ash
Dance out of the box
Racing
An everlasting contest
On a path
With confetti
Silver blue and orange