“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did.”
Mark Twain
Life is the most precious gift given to us by Mother Nature. It is like a modeling clay block which has to be shaped by our own hands. Some external environmental factors may have some impact on our lives, but our determination, thoughts and actions are the ultimate forces which make us the Michelangelo of our own lives.
Dream. Dream big. Dream good.
The law of attraction says that you attract what you think about, so if you think about success and happiness, you attract more success and happiness, and if you think about failures or sadness, you get more failures and sadness. Try to appreciate and glorify all the reasons of happiness you have in your life. Be grateful for what you have and feel the passionate warmth you have received in your life. Let your spirit rise high to enjoy every small moment of happiness. As every person is unique, it may be difficult to find people who think or act like you. Since it is impossible to satisfy each and every person, the best thing is to focus on what you want, rather than on what others want. Annoyingly eager neighbors, friends, and relatives may try to convince you that you have chosen a difficult or unconventional path, but instead of getting demotivated or agitated, ignore them and try to change the topic by giving vague replies. You don’t need to pretend to be somebody else just to impress ‘others’. As long as things are happening in a dignified manner, you can avoid feeling depressed by simply considering their conversations as frivolous teasers.
You get just one life to live and it is up to you to live it fully. Don’t wait for tomorrow, start living your dreams today.
I agree that you might be having a very busy daily schedule, but if you somehow take out some small time everyday for the things you love to do, believe me, you will be healing and energizing your body, mind, and soul.
Stop pondering too much about what others might be wondering about your dreams and you. There might be occasions when you will feel that people hate you or make fun of you; but if your intentions are correct, all you need to do is to ignore them. If you get angry with them, you will be attracting more negative energies, harming you more than harming anybody else. Focus all your energies on all the good things around you, and believe me, you will attract success and happiness.
Lyrics and word meanings
Life is beautiful, life is yours, you are the maker, it’s up to you to rejoice.
Let the felicity(i) exalt(ii), feel the fervor(iii_ your life has given, levitate(iv) your spirit, live a jocund(v) life.
It’s difficult to find one’s alter-ego(vi), and most people are insatiable(vii);
officious(viii) friends and relatives may daunt(ix) you, play safe, learn to equivocate(x).
Don’t acquire affectation(xi) to impress others, as long as things are decorous(xii), avoid disturbing talks, elude(xiii) them away as badinage(xiv) .
Life is beautiful, life is yours, you are the maker, it’s up to you to rejoice.
Life is short, take respite(xv) from your daily routine, be an aficionado(xvi) of your hobbies, they have salutary(xvii) effects.
Let people abhor(xviii) you, as long as you are correct, you don’t need to care, avoid focusing on their acerbic(xix) comments.
Don’t turn acrimonious(xx), nor host animosity(xxi), let there be a difference, between them and you.
Life is beautiful, life is yours, you are the maker, it’s up to you to rejoice.
Difficult words covered
i) Felicity- (n) 1. Intense happiness; 2. The ability to find appropriate expressions for one’s thoughts.
ii) Exalt- (v) to raise high, glorify.
iii) Fervor – (n) feeling of great warmth and intensity, intense and passionate feeling
iv) Levitate- (v) Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
v) Jocund- (adj) Full of or showing high spirited merriment, cheerful and light-hearted vi) Alter ego- (n) someone with whom you are very close and you both do same things alike- kind of mirror image.
vii) Insatiable- (adj) hard or impossible to satisfy
viii) Officious- (adj) annoyingly eager to help or advise. Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.
ix) Daunt- (v) to make fearful; to intimidate. Cause to lose courage.
x) Equivocate- (v) playing it safe: the answer is yes- and also no-. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
xi) Affectation- (n) unnatural or artificial behavior usually intended to impress.
xii) Decorous- (adj) characterized by dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
xiii) Elude- (v) escape, either physically or mentally, avoid, evade.
xiv) Badinage- (n) half teasing, non-malicious, frivolous banter, intended to amuse rather than wound.
xv) Respite- (n) a period of rest or relief
xvi) Aficionado- (n) a serious devotee / fan. A person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime.
xvii) Salutary- (adj) healthful, remedial, curative.
xviii) Abhor- (v) regard with disgust and hatred
xix) Acerbic- (adj) bitter or sour in taste. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
xx) Acrimonious- (adj) full of spite, bitter, anger. Marked by strong resentment or cynicism
xxi) Animosity- (n) hostility, ill will, malevolence.