On Way---By Father Alfred D'Souza

For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin , real life. But, there was always some obsacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinnished business, time still to be served or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you share it with someone special, someone special enough to spend your time with. Make the most of your time. Don’t waste too much of your time studying, working, or stressing about something that seems important. Do what you want to do to be happy but also do what you can to make the people you care about happy. Remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you take your last test, until you finnish school, until you go back to school, until you have the perfect body, the perfect car, or whatever other perfect thing you desire.
     Stop waiting until the weekend, when you can party or let loose, until summer, spring, fall or winter, until you find the right person and get married, until you die, until your born again, to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.
      Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
      So work like you don’t need the money,
      Love like you have never been hurt,
      and dance like no one’s watching.
      Happiness Is A Journey .

在很长一段时间内，对我来说，生活、真正的生活即将开始。但是总会有一些障碍在挡道，某些需要先解决掉的事，某些还没有做完的事，某些还需要做的事，以及需要还的债。做完这些，生活就会开始了。最后，我明白了，没有通往快乐的道路。快乐本身就是道路。因此，珍惜你所拥有的每一段时间，并且更加珍惜它因为你与其他特别的人（特别到可以与你共度美好时光）分享了它。好好利用你的大部分时间。不要浪费太多时间学习、工作或者承受某些看起来很重要的事所带来的压力。做你自己想做的事情让自己快乐起来，但是也做你能够做到的让你关心的人快乐的事。记住：时不我待。因此，不要等到考完了最后一门课，不要等到从学校毕业，不要等到重新回到学校，不要等到有了完美的体魄、完全的车子、或者任何其他你想要的完美的事情。不要等到周末你能够参加宴会或者放松的时候，不要等到夏天、春天、秋天或者冬天，不要等到发现对的人然后结婚，不要等到你死去，不要等到你再次出生了，没有比现在更好的时间去快乐了。
快乐是一段旅程，而不是目的地。
因此，工作吧，就像你不需要钱一样，
爱吧，就像你从来没有被伤害过一样，
跳舞吧，就像没有人观看一样。