What’s Good For Me?

Yuko Iwata

I think being in good relationships is good for me. We can’t live alone. Family, friends, teachers, colleagues, neighbors, I need everyone and they are important for me. When I want to get along with them, I’ll try not to expect too much though. We are not the same, and of course my feelings are different from other people. So we should not force someone to have the same emotions or the same opinions.

I like traveling, I like chatting, I like eating out, but I can’t enjoy everything without company.

If I can be honest, I think taking it easy is the best way to enjoy our life. Time is most important for me, so I don’t want to spend my valuable time with someone or something that I don’t really like.

I believe that our feeling of happiness depends on self-satisfaction. We should not expect others to do something. For example, when I treat my friend with all my might but he doesn’t notice my effort or he doesn’t say “Thank you”, I should not feel bad or decide that he is impolite. Because I did it for me and maybe I wanted to treat him. If I think so, my life will be peaceful.

I would like to have happy laughing time as much as I can. If I can laugh a lot of times in my life, I will be very happy and I can say “my life is successful.” We should remember when we feel good. We had better forget something unhappy.

Also I agree with this proverb “A sound mind in a sound body.” So eating healthy breakfasts, doing proper exercises, forgetting unhappy matters and remembering happy memories is advisable. Such an approach is simple but very useful. Anyway I will make every effort to keep this way for my body and mind’s health.