Bohemia

To take the world as one finds it, the bad with the good, making the best of the present moment,
To laugh at Fortune alike whether she be generous or unkind,
To spend freely when one has money, and to hope gaily when one has none,
To fleet the time carelessly, living for love and art,
This is the temper and spirit of the modern Bohemian in her outward and visible aspect.
It is a light and graceful philosophy, but it is the Gospel of the Moment,
This exoteric phase of the Bohemian religion,
And if, in some noble natures, it rises to a bold simplicity and naturalness, it may also lend its butterfly precepts to some very pretty vices
and lovable faults,
For in Bohemia one may find almost every sin save
that of Hypocrisy.
Her faults are more commonly those of
self-indulgence, thoughtlessness, vanity and procrastination,
And these usually go hand-in-hand with generosity, love and charity.
For it is not enough to be one’s self in Bohemia, one must allow others to be themselves, as well.
What, then, is it that makes this mystical empire of Bohemia unique?
And what is the charm of its mental fairyland?
It is this: there are no roads in all Bohemia!
One must choose and find one’s own path,
Be one’s own self,
Live one’s own life.

Bohemia by Gelett Burgess



Wednesday 17 August 2011

Happiness

Happiness is
When we wake up at 5am to catch the bus to work
Because our car broke down
We wake up together

Happiness is
When we sleep on a single mattress
Without a fan in the boiling hot room
We sleep together

Happiness is
When we share a bowl of soup and a plate of rice
Because we don’t have enough money for anything else
We eat together

Happiness is
When we celebrate birthdays by the riverside
With the cheapest chocolate rolls and can drinks
We celebrate together

Happiness is
When we don’t agree with each other
But can still laugh about our disagreement
We laugh together

Happiness is
When we can shout hate and yell at each other
And know no matter what we are very much loved
We hate and love together

Happiness is
As simple as that
When we are together
Happiness
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