The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

 

 

I've learnt to be depressed. It seems crazy to say so but it's true. As things happened throughout my life I've learnt to get depressed because of them and shut myself off from the world. I used to be different. I used to feel happy for no reason. I used to have this little thing that made me shine (I'm being serious here!) and people could see it and I could feel and spread it to my surroundings. However, as I gained some consciousness that the world is not as pretty as I imagined and people lie and bad things happen to good people, I lost my glow.

I want it back. I deserve to be just as happy as anyone else. This non-sense of being on the surving mode has to stop. I can be happy and you can too. We just have to choose to feel happy, as simple as that. We just have to choose not to feel defeated at every lost battle. We can choose happiness over depression. Things will never be handed over to our hands. That's not how success gets to us. We need to pursue it, we need to believe in it. Success in your love life, in your career, in your family. You can get it all and the people who have it aren't just because they were lucky. No, honey, they believed in it. They believe in themselves and in their flaws too. Life will never be perfect and happiness isn't about it anyway. You could never recognize happiness if you haven't been through for what you have. Life has more to give you than you're getting. You cannot never lose your faith, neither in life, neither in your future, neither in God. He's been there for you, you know he was. You felt it. There's a bigger plan here. There's a bigger picture for me and you and for anyone else willing to see it.

 

If you're wondering nothing outside this world happened to me specific for this change of mind of mine. I just realised that happiness can be as simple as it. If I remain so focused on the bad sides of life, I will never see it. See that Spring has arrived. Nature is creating new life. New colours are rising. People are feeling warmer and happier and so can I. If I just believe in it and stop focusing on the details. Porque O todo não é igual a soma das partes, é maior.

 

Love always,

Tommy

"Façam o Favor de Ser Felizes" - Raul Solnado