Where Can we find Happiness?

It took me time before I could regain the things that I have been missing. The old me. The-not-so-busy-me who always have a time to write her thoughts every now and then. The old me who rants and rants, but still get manage to get a life, be happy, travel, laugh and cry at petty things. That was when everything was so simple. And it feels like yesterday.

I just could not imagine that I would be waking up one day in a world where everything is a fast track. I wake up each morning like a battery automated robot that is tuned to go to work, get home, do my laundry, cook food, sleep, and then repeat. It's been two months! And it feels like, it's been years!!! Seriously, I am wondering what my life could have been when I am not here. Where could I be when I took a U-turn? left turn or right?

But after all, I did not regret every single decision that I had. Everything was planned according to my fate. And this honestly, is more than enough that I could ask for. So instead of raging on my rants and raves, I just came to some thoughts of realizations after 2 months of living in a brand new world.

I then came thinking..."Where could the happiest place be?" When I was a kid, I believed that Disneyland was the happiest place on earth. Never in my dreams that one day I would be stepping on that place, shouting for joy. True enough, I was the happiest when I have been to that place. It was a magical feeling. Then I began to fall inlove into traveling to different places, knowing different cultures. Just when I thought that my personal definition of happiness is "traveling".

Now that I am living in a foreign country, I just came to realize so many things. Now that I am in a world that's full of richness, I thought.... "Could money really buy happiness?" At first, I was overwhelmed with all the material things that I could not buy before. All the signature bags, clothes, stuffs and all those beautiful places I never thought that I could be. I tried them all. To quench my thirst of curiosity, I asked the people in here, "Are you happy with your life? I mean, with all these richness in the world?" The golden spoon, the most updated techies, luxurious cars, that they could almost buy everything, even their wives. Sad to hear, the answer was "NO".

I then came to know that this is a place where you can find so many unhappy souls despite the riches that they have. A place where love does not exist. When I heard different stories of the women in here, I felt sad. They uttered how stiff their life is, with all the restrictions and all that. When they could not express their feelings. Yes, they have everything, but nothing....

I was then thinking that life is not unfair. It is not! Let's try to imagine the Philippines! What if it will be sooo much rich, then all the people will no longer go abroad to work. Then what will happen to this place? What if this place is so poor and no one will work but them? Would they still survive? I have witnessed how well and intelligent Filipinos are in terms of working. Now, what if there will be no patient enough Filipinos to endure working in other places, what a mess the world could be? So that's what we call- balance.

Money is important, yes! It is given to those who are willing and courageous and deserving enough. But, mind you, it is indeed not everything. It is so sad to hear stories from people who could not be as HAPPY as a Filipino folk!

I don't wanna be a racist here, but as I had traveled to some places, I could still say that the Philippines is still beyond compare. =)