Learning.

When parents ask their children "what did you learn today?" they usually say something utterly boring or just complain. Some kids, though, just say nothing. They say nothing because what you learn in school is not what you should learn-it's just stuff that fills your brain with facts and knowledge which should be used "for the better good". What you should learn, though, is learned along the way no matter where you are nor what you are doing. For instance, today I learned something new..and no, it has nothing to do about why Captain John Smith wrote narrative accounts that exagerated the truth or why Jamaica went through difficult times economically speaking. No, what I learned it better than that.
So today I went out for dinner. My mom and her bf were quarreling for a good half hour about where we should go and my little brother was moping and crying like some 2 year old girl who dropped her icecream. So by the time we got to the restaurant you could say my temper was good as gone. But then this little duet came over. He played the piano, she sang. And then I heard those two keys. Those little overwhelming notes that I could identify no matter in what state of mind I was in. They started playing Fly Me to the Moon by Sinatra, which is my favorite song by him. I was once again in a good mood, singing with my mother like some drunk girls in a bar. And everyone was in a good mood. The rich, the middle class, the business men, the tree huggers. Everyone. You had the handsome guys from Denmark laughing, the French owner dancing, the rest of the Europeans clapping. Smiles everywhere.
And then I realized, being happy is not because of how successful you are or how smart you may be...being happy is doing what you love to do despite everything else. Here was this French guy who can speak many languages.So smart. So talented. Yet here he was running a little restaurant instead of doing something else. But he was happy. Because, in the end, people do not see you for how much money you have in your wallet or the kind of car you have..they see you by how happy you are and how well you're doing in life. It is true that the world is a cruel place and this mixed economy is unfair. It is true that you are either successful in life or your simply worthless. People are suffering everyday because of this. But to see these people, so carefree, so happy, does one's economic life actually matter that much? We should all be like them..happy...with no worries.