Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections. And look you must, but not everyone can see the finer things in life. The worst mistake in life is not having the courage to make one. Open your eyes. As such, happiness is like peeing in your pants: everyone can see it but only YOU can feel the warmth. Believe in something with the fullest extent of your heart; conceive through your very being with no doubts or deductive reasoning. Fail to believe, and you will have just wasted time and effort to begin with. But really, There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done. Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game, It’s easy.There’s nothing you can make that can’t be made. No one you can save that can’t be saved. Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time, It’s easy. All you need is love.

And what is love? Who is this person we fall for? For me a great girl is a woman you can call your best friend; she is straight forward, loving and truthful til the end. A bad girl is like a calligraphy pen, crooked, slanted, prone to damage, inspired by image rather than the message, and hard to comprehend— those are ones we call just a friend. That is the formula for love. That and love is like trying to make a right turn but the Asian Lady driving in front of you is to damn slow: It is a long, confusing, miserable waiting game with many decisions— should I just cut her off, should I yell and make my intentions known? But by the time you decide what to do, the right lane is clear: And you feel happier than ever knowing that patience really pays off.  Abraham Lincoln once said, “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt”. Well I say, “Better to live aloud than to live quietly.”

C’est la vie

-Erik Alicante