To a Good Friend I've Ever Had

When you miss your friends, just look up to the sky... Although you can't see them but be happy because you are just in the same sky.

Hello there,

I think that you are placed into peoples lives for a reason. Sometimes I wonder how I got so lucky and what I have done to deserve a friend like you. People have come and gone out of my life, but for some reason you never left. Your friendship is one of the greatest gifts I have ever received.

I could write a book about the positive affect you have had on my life. Your heart is of the purest that I have ever known and everyone you meet feels your spirit the second they meet you. Your energy and smile radiates whenever you walk through a door. The love and compassion that you show for others is special. I am so grateful to be affected and influenced by you. I hope that one day I can be half of the person that you are.

You believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself. You listened to me when I didn’t have a voice and you hear me when I was broken. But most importantly, you never gave up on me. That is special.

You know me to my core. You know what makes me smile and what ticks me off. You can tell in an instant when I am upset and then continue to do everything in your power to make me feel better. If I am going through something, you are the first person to text me to make sure I am okay. When my confidence lags, you reassure me of myself. You understand my odd sense of humor, my love for sarcasm, and laugh at my terrible jokes and side comments. I have never had a bad moment with you.

You fill my life with an immense amount of happiness and love. I know that wherever life takes us, you will be part of my life. If we don’t talk for some time, we pick up right where we left off. Whenever I need you, I know you will always be there.

You are the epitome of a beautiful human being. I hope that every person in this world has someone like you in their lives.

What is the Real Happiness in Life?

You will never truly Happy if you continuously hold onto the things that make you sad. 

What is the Real Happiness in Life?

Is it when everything is going your way? Is it when you have achieved success and been applauded for all your accomplishments? Is it when you have the perfect body? The perfect love? Is it when you have all the material things you always wished for? Is it when you finally have the approval of your family and friends?

Have you ever thought about that?

It is not easy for us humans, it is a constant work in progress, but it is a CHOICE! We can choose - just for today to be happy no matter what is going on around us. The harm in being miserable, is far greater than choosing to be happy and spreading joy when you don't really feel like it! It takes as much energy to frown as it does to smile... (So of course we want to smile, right?) 

‘What is the Real Happiness in Life?’ is a question that has intrigued humanity for long. People have climbed the highest peaks, dived into the deepest oceans, sat in meditation in caves for months, isolated themselves in deep contemplation on mountaintops, yet they have not found the secret to this billion dollar question.

We live in a world where there are those who are never satisfied, never seem happy, who thinks things are never quite right, or there's "never enough". You will never appreciate the simple beauty that life has to offer if we are living in the fear of being unhappy.

No one, including our parents, our friends, has ever taught us to be happy. It is in everyone's heart and it takes a lot of prayers. Take some time daily to go deep within so you may connect with the happiness from within you. 

Nothing outside of you can give you joy. Nothing others do can make you truly happy. It is making a commitment of being satisfied of what you have, and making a CHOICE to be happy that will ultimately give us the joy in living each day with a happy heart.

Sending my love and happiness to everyone,

Raymund :)