I would tell you to live wise but when has happiness come out of anything wise <br />I would tell you to live well but when has living well made us soar <br /> I would tell you to put your chin up and look ahead but when has looking back not made us smile <br /> When has sucking our stomachs in and conforming to relationship norms ever been our answer to finding true love <br />So no I won't tell you how to breathe and how to fly I will tell you though to find your happiness. <br />No matter where it lies <br />And not just happiness for today and tomorrow but happiness for life <br />If its behind the pages of books or under someone's sheets or in the way the cold feels as it melts beneath your feet <br /> If its staying in a shared apartment with people you don't know in a strange land or in a bus full of strange men who play in a band <br />Whatever it is and wherever it is, find it. Want it and love it. <br /> Do it now because it should be something that makes you happy even when you lay your head down to sleep for the last time. <br />You are the only one who will live your life and the only one to write in its pages. <br />Don't be stuck out here, living in other people's cages<br /><br />Amla Pisharody<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-my-daughter-18/
