OPTIMYSTIC

 In my quest to change myself

I forgot to change others

It mattered not , what they thought

When I accepted who they were

I understood that perspective

is always individually right

and expectation, blocks one

from enjoying the art of giving

In my quest to let go

I dropped the hurt and ill will

And learned that inner peace

is not found on a distant shore

I stopped educating

Reined in the need to prove

and accepted opinion

without seeking approval

from a supreme being 

Comparison, the bane of existence

was slowly but surely choked

Humankind’s need to describe

everything in superlatives

I said goodbye to want

That seductive coat of paint

which stays as deep as shallow desire

instead focused on what I need

without avarice, without greed

Material became immaterial

to my state of happiness

In giving up I gained

the supremacy of oneness

In my quest to change myself 

The ‘optimystic’ you I discovered

A short while go someone forwarded a message to me on WhatsApp called ‘the happy soul’
That became the template for ‘optimystic’

Who's a "Happy Soul" ?

Definition provided by Buddhist Lamas

A Happy Soul stops trying to change others, but instead focus on changing self

A Happy Soul is one who accepts people for who they are

A Happy Soul is one who understands that everyone is right in one's own perspective

A Happy Soul is one who learns to "let go"

A "Happy Soul is one who is able to drop expectations from every relationship and gives for the sake of giving

A Happy Soul is one who understands that whatever we do, we do it for our own peace

A Happy Soul is one who stops proving to the world, how intelligent one is

A Happy Soul is one who does not seek approval from others

A Happy Soul is one who stops comparing with others

A Happy Soul is one who is at peace with oneself

A Happy Soul is one who is able to differentiate between "need" and "want" and is able to let go of one's wants

A Happy Soul is one who stops attaching "happiness" to material things