You Owe Yourself To Be Happy
I have always been of the opinion that happiness is subjective. No one or nothing can determine your happiness.
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Whatever brings you happiness lies under your control to sustain it, also whatever takes away your happiness lies under your control to cut it off. Which ever way it is, it all depends on you to make yourself happy.
You owe yourself to be happy
I feel sad today not because of anything happening to me or things trying to steal my happiness away but because of my younger sister.
MEET MY SISTER
Her name is Rosemary and she is a bundle of great inspiration, motivation and talent. She is the founder of Medina Book Club Lagos, Nigeria's number 1 youth-centric book club. Checkout their twitter page here
While we grew up, i would watch her write stories, poetry and some times novels.
She was that good even as a kid and for everyone of us who took notice of this great quality and passion, it was clear what she would become.
Fast forward to this present day, my cute sister works in a bank where we both know kills her passion and desire for what she loves doing. Often times i spoke to her about the BUSINESS OF YOUR TALENT, (I hope to write a post about that soon) but she has refused to take the bull by the horn. I watch this great quality been chained in an environment where it can never be productive and it pains my heart.
So today, I was looking for a sheet of paper to put some things down and I meet her diary. I saw an interesting but heartbreaking writeup and I want to share it with you guys.
In her own words:
The Pain
I hate illiteracy, I am pained when i meet children and young people who cannot read or write properly.
I love to read and write, I enjoyed reading... Infact I used to save up to buy books and curl up on a sofa or my bed and get teleported to another world. Then I got a job and reading became impossible, writing was obviously no longer happening.