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People generally use this argument when they see their objectives be challenged and they\u2019re right, to a certain extent we all have the right to be happy, but not one has the right to be happy at the expense of others. If in order to be happy I\u2019ll make another person unhappy or I\u2019m going to affect them, then my happiness is not fair and by not being fair, it doesn\u2019t last.\u2019… (The right to be young, father Zezinho).<\/span><\/p>\n I chose this topic because of the pandemic, the mandatory lockdown, the social distancing and the events that have affected us emotionally and mentally. It\u2019s costing us more to be happy, sometimes we\u00a0 think that everything we\u2019ve fought for hasn\u2019t been worth it at all and we give up. Why do we feel so much pain and at the same time useless?… How can we feel happy when we think that we can\u2019t?. There are some people that have a low self-esteem and they need someone to be happy, but if you depend on that \u2018someone\u2019 and you don\u2019t have them at some point you will feel lost and your life being senseless, psychologists call it \u201ccodependency\u201d and they advise that loneliness is not bad, that we have to learn how to be happy with our own company.<\/span><\/p>\n Borges mentioned it already in one of his works: \u201cI\u2019ve done the worst of all sins that a man can do: I haven\u2019t been happy\u201d or like Abderraman III Califa de Cordoba \u201cThere were 14 days of happiness throughout my whole life even though I had it all.\u201d And lots of people erroneously think that happiness is about accumulating goods, possessions and success. Happiness it\u2019s not to be looked for, it\u2019s to be earned. Because it is not a right, but it is our duty. Happiness is not feeling either but an internal state of mind and the interpretation that we give it. don\u2019t let that voice overpower your best memories, stop thinking that you\u2019re not happy, because the opposite of sadness is not happiness but resilience.<\/span><\/p>\n Are you happy?… Do I have the right to be happy?… How can I be happy? It all starts with us and we pass it on to others, meaning one has to love oneself first to be able to love others, to be happy one needs to accept life as it is, and that\u2019s what the Japanese concept of IKIGAI is, it means \u201chaving a purpose in life\u201d: 1. What you love, 2. What you\u2019re good at, 3. What the world needs and what you can get paid for. We also have to practice daily tolerance, the act of always transmitting a smile, never stop smiling, try to control negative thoughts, practice gratitude, remember all the things that you do have in your life, try to talk less and listen more, learn how to say NO in certain occasions, not be forced to do something that you don\u2019t want to do, stop waiting for the appropriate moment or people, people who live waiting are letting their lives and happiness pass, you have to forgive and give yourself a new<\/span><\/p>\n opportunity to be happy; and give yourself time to reflect and meditate without being interrupted by anyone. That way you\u2019ll be able to discover so many things about yourself that you had no idea about.<\/span><\/p>\n When I start reflecting about being happy, I always remember a movie that marked my life (and I guess the life of others) comes to my mind, \u201cLife is beautiful\u201d where the main character Guido (Roberto Benigni) for love to his son started to play a game with him where he had to earn points and the objective is to protect his happiness, his illusions, his innocence and protect him from the cruel reality they were living in, the holocaust of war.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And it\u2019s that being happy is how you look and accept life and how you deal with hardships and afflictions. Don\u2019t look for ways to be happy, challenge yourself to be HAPPIER because you already are!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n Translation Spanish-English: Valentina Tobar<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" People generally use this argument when they see their objectives be challenged and they\u2019re right, to a certain extent we all have the right to be happy, but not one has the right to be happy at the expense of others. 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