We've been living on this earth for billions of years now and yet, we're still asking ourselves if we already found our Happiness? Did you finally see, feel and embrace it?
We see lots of images in our everyday lives. Images that will be captured by your eyes and then will stay in your mind. What images am I talking about here? Images of poverty, corruption, climate change, families and different kinds of religion. How do we cope up with these images that will surely affect our lives? Different stories to tell, to hear, to write and to analyze things day by day. In this world that full of anxiety and negativity, is it possible that we still find our own happiness? Yes, we are. We can still find that elusive happiness by spreading love, peace and sincerity to others. That's the only happiness that money can't buy and that happiness can be found in you, friends and families.
Now tell me, is it worth the wait if happiness finally haunts you?
My Nanay and I went to Himlayan Cemetery to visit my Tatay’s grave in remembering his 14th death anniversary. August 29 is the exact date of Tatay’s death anniversary but due to household chores that Nanay and I usually do every weekend, we decided to visit Tatay the following day (August 30, 2010). Yes, it’s been 14 long years that our Tatay left us due to lung cancer but his presence in our lives still lingers on. I was nine 9 years old when he passed away but the memories I’ve shared with my father are still very vivid and unforgettable. I considered my Nanay as the soft-spoken in our family while my Tatay was the disciplinarian. Though my father has a strong personality, I was never scared of him because I know that in his strong character, a good and loving father is what he really portrayed. I heard a lot of good comments about my father that most of our relatives liked him. They’ve said that my father was well-loved by everybody because of his character. Yes, he’s strict, but...
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