Le bonheur exige la bravoure
Je peux avoir des défauts, vivre dans l’anxiété et être énervé parfois,
mais je n’oublie pas que ma vie est la plus grande entreprise du monde
et je peux éviter qu’elle courre à la faillite.
Être heureux c’est reconnaître que ça vaut la peine de vivre
malgré tous les défauts, incompréhensions et moments de crise.
Être heureux c’est arrêter d’être submergé par les problèmes
et être l’auteur de sa propre histoire.
C’est traverser des déserts en dehors de soi,
mais être capable de découvrir une oasis au plus profond de son âme.
C’est remercier Dieu chaque matin pour le miracle de la vie.
Etre heureux c’est ne pas avoir peur de ses propres sentiments.
C’est savoir parler de soi-même.
C’est avoir du courage pour accepter un « non ».
C’est garder son assurance face à la critique, même injuste.
Des pierres sur mon chemin ?
Les garder toutes, un jour j’en ferai un château.
Fernando Pessoa
mais je n’oublie pas que ma vie est la plus grande entreprise du monde
et je peux éviter qu’elle courre à la faillite.
Être heureux c’est reconnaître que ça vaut la peine de vivre
malgré tous les défauts, incompréhensions et moments de crise.
Être heureux c’est arrêter d’être submergé par les problèmes
et être l’auteur de sa propre histoire.
C’est traverser des déserts en dehors de soi,
mais être capable de découvrir une oasis au plus profond de son âme.
C’est remercier Dieu chaque matin pour le miracle de la vie.
Etre heureux c’est ne pas avoir peur de ses propres sentiments.
C’est savoir parler de soi-même.
C’est avoir du courage pour accepter un « non ».
C’est garder son assurance face à la critique, même injuste.
Des pierres sur mon chemin ?
Les garder toutes, un jour j’en ferai un château.
Fernando Pessoa
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Translation for my non-frenchies... (and sorry to my frenchies if I butcher/ed the grammar, it has been quite a while...)***
A friend showed me this poem today, and it was exactly what I needed to hear...
"Happiness requires bravery"
I have faults, live with anxiety, and get angry sometimes
but I remember that my life is the greatest undertaking in the world
and I can avoid it running with fate
to be happy is to recognize that it is worth to live
despite all the flaws, misunderstandings, and moments of crisis
to be happy is to stop being overwhelmed by problems
and to be the author of one's own story
it is to cross deserts outside of oneself
but to be capable of discovering an oasis as deep as one's soul
it is to thank God every morning for the miracle of life
to be happy is not to be afraid of one's own feelings
it is knowing to talk to oneself
it is having the courage to accept "no"
it is to keep confidence against criticism, even unfair
stones in my path?
keep them all, one day I will make a castle out of them.
-Fernando Pessoa (in my own iffy rough translation)...
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Life throws a lot of stones at us, and we just have to trust that it is all going to be okay. Put every stone in your pocket and learn from every experience... everything happens for a reason and every experience shapes who we are. Now I have always believed in fate, but I think that life is kind of like one of those old school "choose your own ending" books. If you would do this, turn to page 74... every alternate ending predetermined in the all-knowing eyes of God, who is looking down just hoping that we pick the right one. Gently guiding us towards happiness.
But "happiness requires bravery". I have never heard a truer statement in my entire life. Be brave, have courage, be strong. Trust that if you are, the reward will be great, though the trials may be long.
In the end you will have a castle.
Liv
A friend showed me this poem today, and it was exactly what I needed to hear...
"Happiness requires bravery"
I have faults, live with anxiety, and get angry sometimes
but I remember that my life is the greatest undertaking in the world
and I can avoid it running with fate
to be happy is to recognize that it is worth to live
despite all the flaws, misunderstandings, and moments of crisis
to be happy is to stop being overwhelmed by problems
and to be the author of one's own story
it is to cross deserts outside of oneself
but to be capable of discovering an oasis as deep as one's soul
it is to thank God every morning for the miracle of life
to be happy is not to be afraid of one's own feelings
it is knowing to talk to oneself
it is having the courage to accept "no"
it is to keep confidence against criticism, even unfair
stones in my path?
keep them all, one day I will make a castle out of them.
-Fernando Pessoa (in my own iffy rough translation)...
********
Life throws a lot of stones at us, and we just have to trust that it is all going to be okay. Put every stone in your pocket and learn from every experience... everything happens for a reason and every experience shapes who we are. Now I have always believed in fate, but I think that life is kind of like one of those old school "choose your own ending" books. If you would do this, turn to page 74... every alternate ending predetermined in the all-knowing eyes of God, who is looking down just hoping that we pick the right one. Gently guiding us towards happiness.
But "happiness requires bravery". I have never heard a truer statement in my entire life. Be brave, have courage, be strong. Trust that if you are, the reward will be great, though the trials may be long.
In the end you will have a castle.
Liv
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