I will divert a bit from our usual subject today because everything in life doesn’t always sum up with the sea, sun, sand, eating in top class restaurants and score of other stuffs. While life is an undeniable gift, it gives pleasure to see people live it everyday as if it was their last day on Earth. I get the biggest pleasure when I see people live their lives at full speed with all they got. Without complaints they accept life as it is and face their problems with a smile. I actually know people who have tons of problems but always wear a smile on their faces. When you talk to them, they seem to be the happiest people on this planet. The truth is that they secretly grieve and try to find solutions by themselves to keep their heads out of the water.

I, like many people, have a circle of friends. Where I live, we are 4-5 friends including myself. I believe that everyone should have friends. Those who know what friendship is will know exactly what I am talking about. The power of friendship can only be felt. So, we have our meeting spot. If we are all together, we will be found sitting on the cement stair, eaten by weather, laughing, sometimes, well actually everytime, a cigarette in hand debating on some fascinating topic. It wasn’t later than yesterday that we spoke until really late in the night. The best part is, the talks seem to never end and we don’t even notice how time flies by. We would always set the time to go but will never meet our deadline. There is always something good to talk about. It’s fascinating.

The teasing part is always the best part in friendship, I believe. It makes the love grow and it can sometimes make the love disappear- this depends on friends. Hence, we live our lives with all we got and everyone has something to share-not in terms of money. The fun is always alive no matter what the situation. Even if someone is down, we’ll try and get his morale up and make him laugh. Laughing is the best therapy to get freed from stress and forget problems for a while. It makes you feel lighter and you are able to face problems with a clearer mind. This is how I believe life should be lived. With friends and of course family members, you can live a life filled with pleasure. Money is paper but relationships are golden.

So folks, forget about the rest for a while and just think about how to make your life beautiful. Problems will never leave human beings, so we will need to adapt ourselves to live a happy life with it. So, always remember to keep that smile on!