Smile! Why? Because you can!

If anyone asked me about an event in my life in which I was the happiest, I would not be able to give one particular situation. I remember many moments when my eyes were smiling more than my lips. And these were the best moments in my life, and at the same time the most trivial.
There is a belief that true happiness comes to us on the day of the wedding, when you find out that you have passed an important exam or got a great job while the best moments of life are hidden in ordinary things - in the time spent with friends or in eaten chocolate cake. I remember a trip to one of the Polish peaks on a beautiful July day, I listened to birds singing and enjoyed the beautiful landscapes that passed along the way. I also remember how much I was laughing, almost to tears when I was talking with my friend, or how happy I was when my aunt I had not seen for a very long time visited me. These ordinary things mean much more than traveling to a tropical country or buying a new car. I once heard that a smile is a curve that straightens everything and it is true.
Therefore, instead of waking up thinking about how hard a day is waiting for us, let's smile and be curious about what's amazing is going to happen! ;)

Role models, do we need them?

Recently, I read an article about people who are role models. According to the article, each of us needs such a person, a person whom we can admire and on which we can model ourselves. Especially young people need someone from whom they can get inspiration and who they can follow.

Currently, for many young people the role models are youtubers, bloggers and other people who are known from the Internet. There is nothing wrong with that, in the end each of us is different and is looking for other values, and what's helpful the Internet reduces the distance between famous people and their fans. It causes that such a person is not perceived as unavailable, but often as a friend because of frequent presence in social media.

Reading the article, I began to wonder if we all need a role model? After thinking, I came to the conclusion that yes, we all need someone who will show us the path we want to follow. However, it does not have to be a well-known person who everyone admire. For me, the role model is my 92-year-old grandfather, whom I admire and from which I draw inspiration every day. His words drives me to act, to fulfill my dreams and enjoy life. I love to listen to his stories, because thanks to them I can imagine what life was like 50 or 70 years ago. I am glad that I have such a wonderful person as my grandfather is and I hope that everyone are as lucky as I am.

The film which moved me

Recently during English classes we watched Suffragette movie. The movie is about women without whom history would have gone differently. These women, called suffragettes, demanded electoral, moral and civic rights. They were publicly ignored and ridiculed, later recognized by the authorities as a danger for the world. They were beaten and imprisoned for demanding their rights. Their struggle changed the history of the twentieth century, beginning with emancipation movements and social changes.
This movie made such a huge impression on me, that I thought about what I had seen a long time later. I remember especially the scene in which the husband turns his wife out of the house and forbids seeing his son because he is the care provider by law and she has no rights. After watching this scene, I realized how little knowledge I had so far in this topic. This movie made me realize how much I owe to these amazing women. Until now, I can't believe that even a hundred years ago, women not only didn't have the right to vote, but they didn't even have the right to own children. They had no chance but they didn't give up and finally won. They won for their daughters, granddaughters and great-grand-daughters because they wanted better life for them and what I want to say is only that I'm really greatful for it.

Feeling lost in a big world

When I was young, I thought that the world is huge and I am only a small part of it in which I can easily get lost. Now, at the age of 24, I experience this loss more than ever before, all thanks to the easy access to everything that surrounds me. The present world is flooding us with thousands of information from each side - beautiful pictures, perfect life of other people, where everything is as it should be. We glance through profiles on instagram and facebook, watch videos on youtube and unwittingly we are bow to the peer pressure, we want to live like people who we admire, to meet the expectations of parents, teachers and colleaques. In this all we forget about ourselves and our dreams, about the fact that not everyone has to be a businessman and drive a Mercedes, sometimes it's enough to do what one likes and do not follow blindly what the media show, because they create a world that does not exist, while reality is more complex.