There is still hope when people have such thoughts and pose such questions as yours!
Please kindly find below some minor edits (mainly formatting, which I think is as important as content). Sorry that I didn't do it here using the italki correction format. If convenient, may I have your email so that I can send you the redline version for easy reference. Thanks! (BTW, facebook is blocked in China T_T)
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From Darkness to Light
What does the word "happiness" mean to you? For myself, I think that happiness is something that we find from inside instead of from outside. I mean, if we want to be happy, we have to change ourselves not other people, because feelings are inside emotions and are not the outside reality.
Today, a lot of people are not happy, if you ask someone if he is happy, he'll probably say something like: "Who is actually happy in this world? We all wake up at 6 o'clock to provide for our children, we don't have time to be happy." It seems being happy is difficult – it's a work. Yes, it is. But why? Why it's so difficult to be happy and so easy to feel sad? Why? What is behind such sadness? What is hiding so deep and doesn't let us go easily? Or maybe it leaves us in the morning but it will always find us when the night falls. What is happiness, something so elusive that we can only catch by chance? Or should we work for it? What is it? Nobody is happy, all of us pretend to be happy but we are actually not. There are no values, no rules. We just have to find ourselves in the middle of nowhere.
Why the world is so empty? Perhaps it is not the world, it is us. The world doesn't change. It has no feelings, no emotions – it just exists. Maybe it's our heart that is empty, not the world. When I saw what happened to children elsewhere, for example, once I met a child for the first time and discovered that he lost his parents just three weeks ago but was still enjoying his life, I was very surprised. Let's see what happen to other countries like poverty. I think of those who are too weak and too sad to be present for their children who have no food to eat , no water to drink and fall asleep hungry ... only to wake up and have a new day but an old life... God bless them ...
Why poverty ? Why disputes? Why violence? Why can't we just live peacefully, without violence? Why there is still racism between countries, religions, colours of skin? What I wrote makes me think about Martin Luther King who fought racism and hatred with love instead of violence and who was famous for his speech “I Have a Dream”. I just can't believe that there are people who hate someone just because of their religion or colour of skin. I hope one day we can win the ongoing battle against racism and walk into peace and love, hand by hand, into the sun - the sun that will illuminate us all and dispel the darkness.
From Darkness to Light .
" What Does the word " Happiness " mean to you ? For myself , I think that happiness is something that we find inside ourselves, not in superficial things. I mean that if we want to be happy, we have to change ourselves, not other people, because these feelings are inside of us and are not representative of reality . Today , a lot of people are not happy. If you ask someone if he is happy , he'll probably say something like, " Who is happy in this world ? We all wake up at 6 O'clock to provide for our children , and we don't have time to be happy." To be happy is so difficult; it's work . Yes , it is, but why ? why is it so difficult to be happy and so easy to feel sad ? Why ? What is the reason for this sadness that is so deep and doesn't leave us easily? Maybe it leaves us in the morning, but it finds us again in the evening . What is happiness ? Is it based on chance, or should we work for it ? What is it ? Nobody is happy. They all pretend to be happy, but they are not . There are no values , no rules . You just have to find yourself in the middle of nowhere .
Why the world is so empty ? Perhaps it is not the world; the world doesn't change , it has no feelings , no emotions ; it just exists. Maybe it's our hearts that are empty, not the world . When i see what happens to the children , i mean that you can meet a child for the first time and you will discover that he lost his parents three weeks ago and still enjoy life , it suprises me a lot (?). Look at what happens in the countries of poverty. I think of those who are too weak and sad to be present for their children, who have no food to eat , who are thirsty with no water to drink, and who are falling asleep hungry ... only to wake up to another day of the same thing ... God bless them ...
Why all this poverty ? Why this difference ? Why all this violence ? Why can't we just live without violence ? Why we can't live in peace ? Why there is still discrimination between countries based on religion or skin color? What I wrote makes me think about Martin Luther King, who was fighting racism and hatred with non-violence and love, and who was famous for his speech entitled ' I Have a Dream. ' I Just can't believe that there are people who still hate someone for his religion or the colour of his skin . I hope that one day we'll fight all this racism that still exists, and walk into peace and love , hand by hand into the sun , the Sun that will lead us from the dark.
