The Meaning of Life

     Okay, I may not be the most philosophical person or even the wisest, but recently, I've been watching a lot of inspirational quotes. Well, mostly to practice for impromptu and become more cultured. My mom says I should read a book instead of wasting my time watching cartoons. Okay... maybe she's not wrong, but cartoons and Instagram teach me so much about the true meaning of life. Recently, I've learned that I live in such an innocent world. I tend to trust too easily; honestly, this is a bad habit. SMH. UNACCEPTABLE! DANA WAKE UP!!! I must learn to say "NO". Hmmm... maybe not at everything, not to cookies, but just having more authority, but don't worry, not to the extremes of socialism and communism.  My mom says I'm always making excuses to defend other's bad actions. I truly think everyone has good intentions, yet she's right I need to learn who I can trust because my life's journey will depend on how much character and personality I will hold.

    While watching the movie Siddartha last week -yes, I also read it, don't worry, I'm a good Child- I learned that everything in life takes patience, yet it is through that peacefulness in ourselves that we learn to handle our emotions while encountering new phases of life. Lowkey, the book of Sid might have been the most boring, strange, yet thought-provoking book I've ever read. I'm not trying to be judgy, but the movie was poor quality. However, it helped me comprehend how we all attempt to learn as we live our own experiences through our journey. However, I was thankful I read and watched it. It taught me to see life with a new positive perspective and that it's okay not to know what my future will be like. It's okay not knowing what I'm doing with my life or what I want to do with it. It taught me that it's OK to look out for others but also focus on my future and what I want to get out of it. It taught me that my happiness matters, too.

 The world is a beautiful place 
                                                           to be born into 
if you don’t mind happiness 

                                             not always being 
                                                                        so very much fun 
       if you don’t mind a touch of hell
                                                       now and then
                just when everything is fine
                                                             because even in heaven
                                they don’t sing 
                                                        all the time

    While searching for a good poem, I found "The World is a Beautiful Place." I really liked it because it depicts the irony of how life can be so beautiful, yet it can be toxic and fake, just like how people can have two faces and take advantage of you. At the end of the day, life will have it's ups and downs but I mean who said life was supposed to always be happy? We must embrace our mistakes and our sad moments and turn them into motivation and learning experiences for our future! The path may be rocky but it will be worth it if we are determined with where we want to be in the future.