BE HAPPY

Last night I was in my goddaughter’s home, she is a lovely girl and I really like her; I like to visit her once in a while because I love to see her happy face when she sees me (her godfather), I am the guy who go into her house with a gift under my arm or something delicious to taste; she lives in a humble condition, her parents don’t have the economic capacity to give her away something special from time to time.

As usual that day she receive me with a big smile, wide open arms and exclaiming loudly GOD FATHERRRRRR!, she hugs me strongly and kiss me softly, perfect combination enough to move me; I gave her a gift she was very excited to get it, I gave to her mom some snacks to taste and I stayed there around 3 hours with them, during those 3 hours I asked them how she was doing at the school and things like that, during the talk I remembered the last Christmas when I visited them, I felt like Santa Claus carrying gifts for her and her little brother, both of them were very happy for it and played with them all night long.

I am telling this because her mom told me that when I go to visit them, the kids feel very happy and that happiness last a couple of weeks until the toys get broken or they get bored about them; then I asked somewhat puzzled, so after that they feel sad?, not really she answered, but they know that you will come back after a few months later with some more gifts because we cannot give them same type of things. And don’t think that these parents are bad parents, on the contrary they are great persons and work very hard for them, to don’t let they miss basics things like food, education, health, cloths, etc; but we know children looks for a plus which is not basic at all; but what would happen if there is not a godfather who bring gifts and funny stuffs, they would pay same attention to those materials things?

 I think they wouldn’t, is true that once you try honey, you would like to try it always, is normal; but I believe to feel happy, you don’t have to focus on things that you won’t get regularly or probably you won’t ever get it, I will give 3 phrases that will explain better my position: “Happiness is not play with the best cards, is play as best as you can with the cards you got” because you won’t have the best cards all the time isn’t it; “ the people won’t be happy unless they are ready to be happy”  because you need to want to be happy to become happy; and the last one “ is not happy the one who never get injured, but the one who can reliefs them” because we are not free of accidents or disappointments so we need to know to deal with them. Something to add to this, once I met to Mrs. Alejandra a charming Cuban lady who told me that “we need to know that always there is somebody who is in worst condition than us” so it means that nothing is really bad to don’t success from it.

So you have to be always positive, if you got divorced there are people who still married and they are not happy at all, if you don’t have the job you expected remember there are people who even have a job, your girlfriend dumped you, so what! probably somebody better than her will come to you and enjoy her, your business didn’t work don’t worry get a job probably you will be successful there; a few weeks ago I wrote something about the we never walk alone, there is somebody up there who is always with you, he tests you and want you to be happy with the chances he is giving you, because he takes thing off from you but he give you other ones instead and he is doing the same thing with somebody else as well; if you want that everybody get equal, so why we don’t ask god to remove the freewill and act like robots; but not he give you the freedom to act on your own, and that is the secret for the happiness, that you can choose how to live it and enjoy it.

In conclusion don’t look at the one who is better than you for sure he will make you to feel sad, also look at the one who is worse than you and feel lucky as well, and base on that encourage yourself to make your next step to success, and when you find it be thankful and share it with other ones, and in case it goes away again, laugh as much as you can, renew yourself and start over again the life is so complex to cry for small things; the latest months were not very positive for me but I laugh very loud because I feel lucky, I am very sure that many people doesn’t have a computer to write this for you.

Don’t worry Be Happy

Jorge Horna …………!