Sunday, February 1, 2015

Blog #1

I read an article from the This I Believe website titled Creating Our Own Happiness by Wayne 

Coyne. The article begins with Coyne at a stop light in his car during a cold and windy day. While 

waiting for the light to turn green, Coyne notices two people at a bus stop huddled together to keep 

warm. Coyne noticed that they were laughing. At first, he had sympathy for the two people because 

they had to be out in the cold, but once he saw that they were enjoying each others company, he sort 

of became jealous wishing he had somebody with him to have a moment just like the couple outside. 

He then realized that we all have the ability to choose happiness no matter what situation you may be 

in. Coyne then goes back and reminisces's upon his time working at Long John Silver's. It was an 

easy job, but he felt like he was going nowhere in life. During his time working there, the restaurant 

was robbed. Coyne didn't let this event bring him down. Coyne believes everybody is capable of 

being happy with the life they are living. 

I really enjoyed reading this article, It's a nice reminder that we all have the ability to choose 

happiness over sadness. Often times, we as people often forget how lucky we really are. Sometimes, 

we get sad and disappointed because we can't get that brand new phone that everybody is getting or 

we can't get a brand new car to drive. There are people living on the streets in the cold and still have 

a smile on their face because they're happy that they're alive. We can't live our lives living in sadness 

or anger. Nobody wants to be remembered as the grumpy person that they're friends and family 

knew. They say life is short, but I believe it's the longest thing all of us have to go through. We need 

to make sure that with this long life that we are living, we go through it with a smile on our face. 

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