Youth Edition

"Stop waiting for things to happen. Go out and make them happen. "

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Wanderlust

It might sound normal, everybody wants to travel. Everybody wants to go somewhere. Those places where we can get lost in, where we find ourselves unknown, where we are strangers, yet it feels good. It feels like we belonged there at that time. Hearing those foreign languages we don’t understand, but it’s exciting. Everything is thrilling, everything is new, everything is good. Getting lost on the way, visiting new places, it all seems good. 

I miss that. I miss those travel trips I’ve been to. I miss those countries I grew to love visiting. I miss the fresh air. I miss the time difference. I miss the long plane rides. I’ve enjoyed them. No matter how everyone seems to complain about the cramps, the long hours, yet I enjoy them. I miss the feeling of being in an airport I have never been to, meeting people with different cultures and just seeing the rush of the airport. I miss getting into taxis, two buses and being a foreigner. I miss going to little shops to find little souvenirs to bring home, to taste the food I have never even known. I am just consumed by wanderlust.

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”

 Dalai Lama XIV

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It Is Important To Be Happy

We are not destined to be happy, but we are made to seek happiness. It is wrong to think that we are all going to be happy in the end, because in reality we're not. We, as humans all wanted to be happy, because it is our life goal in general. We don't want to live miserable and be grumpy all the time. We want to enjoy life and be content with everything we have. It is one of our purposes in life and an aspect of our life. 

It is important to be happy because it will make us better in our health and spiritual aspects. It is proven that those who are happy can achieve more things in life and be creative to solve every problems. I don't mean that you should be all preppy and optimistic all the time, but you should see the good and bad sides in life. When you see the different perspective, you can make a better decision. People need to be happy, as this world needs more happiness in each person. Happiness can be spread as it is contagious. 

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Are You Really Happy?

A lot of people said they are happy. I believe them, but after I did a project about happiness, I started to doubt if anyone really is in the state of happiness. Whenever someone asked us if we were happy, we think about the moment we are being in. We think about what is happening right now and if we are really grateful, we said "I am happy." This is actually a wrong perspective about what happiness is really is.

Happiness can be found when we don’t find ourselves attached to the things we have or we don’t have in the world. It is when we are grateful inside for what we have and who we are. Yes, happiness is being grateful for what we have, but it's not about what we see in a moment. It is being grateful for everything that we have in our life. Happiness is a long-term feeling. Once you find that happiness, it's a state of serenity. When you are happy, it will be hard on someone to take that away from you because by then, you have already learned to maintain positive actions and thoughts.

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Don't Ever Doubt Yourself

At some point in life when we grow up, there will be times where we doubt ourselves. When we look in the mirror and see so many flaws or watch so many movies and think "I want be skinny like her." I want to change how I look. I see perfection like those girls in the magazines. It’s really hard to accept who I am and what I am with all these flaws in me. But then I realize that this is me. I am real. Those girls in the movies or magazines, they’re not real. What they’ve been through in life defines who they are. They are all human.  They’re not perfect, and so are we. 

Life is like a roller coaster where’s there’s up and down, good and bad. There are times where we change the way we see ourselves. It may be because of a special someone or a special occasion. We feel like we are obliged to change the way we look. It’s wrong. The way we look at ourselves changes the way we look, the way we portray ourselves. Know always that you are beautiful. Don't let an opinion of one person change who you are. Don't sell yourself short for something or someone who is easily replaceable. I promise you, there is a lot more flower in the fields.

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Have a good day!

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Playlist of the Week | XO

This Side of Paradise - Hayley Kiyoko

Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

Elastic Heart - Sia

Cool Kids - Echosmith

Our Own House - MisterWives

Sweet Ophelia - Zella Day

Promises - Ryn Weaver

Reflections - MisterWives

Ghost - Halsey

Over - Tove Lo

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Did You Really Have a Chance?

If someone was telling me that “they never had a chance”, know well that it was a lie. To be honest to ourselves, have we ever think about how we always get to pick if we want to do that or do this? But yet we decided that we can do it later. Believe it or not, that was the chance that we were missing. Not to be telling you that I never miss that chance, I often do. I tell myself that I can do that later or “oh well, there’s always next time”. Or the famous saying “if it’s meant to be, it will be.” Going back to reality, it’s not going to come back to you because it is “meant to be”. You have to do something in order for you to actually get there. For you to get what you think is “meant to be” or what you think is “worth it”, you have to work harder than ever. Things that make us sweat like a pig, make us cry like a river, and make us restless is honestly the ones that are worth it. 

When we make a mistake and someone asked us what happened, often we tell ourselves or them that we never get a chance to apologize or to make it up. You actually have. You can do it right now even. You can do it when you are going to sleep, or you are going to wake up, or anytime. Or when someone left and you didn’t get to say what you always wanted to say. Maybe a confession. When you think back during those times where you get all the chances, you know that it was your choice to not take those chances. Why not? It is simply because we are afraid to take that chance. We know that when we take it, it’s going to make a difference. It’s going to make everything better or worse.