Mi piace

"Partir c'est mourir un peu."

 

To leave is to die a little.

 

 

My experience in Italy taught me that life is too precious to spend it being someone else. That loving yourself, as you are, is the only way to be truly happy. Constantly trying to be like another person just makes you upset and stressed, because you will never achieve that goal - not because you don't try hard enough or imitate them in the wrong ways, but because it is simply impossible to be someone other than yourself. You were created the way you were, unique and wonderful. Why would you want to waste that?

This is not to say that improvement is forbidden. We all have bad habits - not eating properly, not exercising enough, spending too much time on the computer and not enough with friends.. Those have to go. Changing the bad aspects of yourself does not mean becoming someone else, but upgrading to a better version.

Recently, some pretty amazing individuals walked into my life, and I understood what is really important in life. It isn't grades or money or even love. It's happiness. So simple when you think about it, yet many people completely miss it. Of course, good grades, enough money, and love play an important part in the hapiness of a person, but they should not constantly come before friends, trips, and hobbies. Millionaires and billioaires have tons of money to spare, but not a single true friend. Saying "I'm sorry, I can't go out, I have to study" all the time does not earn you any friends. In the end, everyone dies. And when we do, we will think of our friends and our family and the joy of life, not the amount of money we made or the time we spent working.

No man is an island. We all need those special people to support us, critisize us, and laugh with us. Make an effort to finish that homework, be done with studying, and complete the job, because friends can't wait forever.