My Sailing Experience

I went to sailing for the first time today in Newport Beach and the experience in itself taught me a lesson or two about life.  We sailed from the Lido Island area to most of Newport Beach area.  As I sat on the sailing trip, I notice how humble and how obedient the ship it toward it's surrounding; it did not argue with the captain or fight back whichever the wind blew; it followed through and was never hesitant on which pathway that the wind guided.  In the same way, I think happiness comes from the fact that we accept life for what it is and not fight it especially if it doesn't go our way.  I think letting life happens rather than trying to manipulate it is a lesson we learn as we age and come to understand over time.  It's not an easy lesson to accept and understand but time plays a huge role in helping us to learn and digest it.  Like the sail boat, we need to let things happen and to come to term with it rather than trying to fix everything by ourselves; sometimes, some stuff in life are not fixable and it is out of our control and we just have to sit back and enjoy the ride and see where it will take us.  When we accept this fact, happiness then is not a condition and it's not related to our circumstance anymore, it's a state of mind.