In Reaching for the Stars

Stretching his hand out to catch the stars, he forgets the flowers at his feet.

- Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832)

Sometimes, we become too focused on acquiring things we don’t have, on attaining a certain status in life, on achieving goals beyond our reach that we forget the simple yet beautiful things we have --- material and non-material, the “mundane” events happening around us, the “usual” people helping and accompanying us along the way. We tend to take them for granted, thinking that the only one worth valuing is those which are difficult to accomplish or gain. But more often than not, these seemingly ordinary things are also worth being given a second glance, the “average” persons we have in our life--- husband, friend, neighbor, even our self has that something special. May we not be blinded by the glitter and the glamour the stars in the sky for happiness can also be found in the grass under our feet, in the fragrance of flowers in the air, in the arms of someone who sees the real us and still love us all the same.