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There are things that bring tears to my eyes. These days, I cry out of joy more than out of sorrow, far more out of joy, and that is how I realize how successful I am at this very moment.
I have come to realize what a beautiful person I am, how much I love myself, and how much I do for the sake of enjoying what I'm doing. There are many people who wish to accomplish something for the sake of acceptance or some primary goal. I only know one other individual, a year older than me, sharing the same birthday as I do, who dares to learn for the sake of learning. We want to apply the knowledge, of course, but we both want to learn for the sake of accomplishment. How colorful my world must be to take joy in discovering its principles! How beautiful my eyes must be after giving it so many gifts, word after word, phrase after phrase, beholding a new concept after another. How delicate must the grace of my mind be for its openness, its tendency to think independently, its enjoyment of philosophy, its love for the challenge for its own sake. How beautiful my body is for its health to not be based on how much better it can be than another, how beautiful I must be to detract from competing with people and instead exercizing for my own love of it! How excellent must the grooves of my tongue be for the love of learning languages, the speaking of an endless range of words, for the desire to create its own! Oh how I love! How do I center it! How do I make nothing else my priority! How have I realized the greatest truth of all, that nothing, not money, not power, not even fame, means anything to me! How I have realized that all means nothing, for I shall die with none of it taken with me, but the only thing I can die taken with me is happiness!
I think people are good. They're right before my eyes, constantly, laughing, and I love to tell people that they are good. Sometimes I kid of how much it seems like a childish naïvity. If I can make you feel better about yourself through such a trait, does it matter what it's like?
Today, I'm going to make myself as happy as possible. I believe that every effort should be made. |
