don't be

Many times we were got caught up with wanting something and yet at the same time struggled to give up another.  Too often, we lamented about how things were not what we wanted them to be.  For example, children graduated overseas and decided to stay and work over there; spouses working overseas and only return home once a month; someone we love is a foreigner and if we chose to stay in the relationship, it may mean we need to uproot ourselves; and so on.  This poem was written to remind us that we don’t have to subscribe to something that does not bring us joy.  However, to attain happiness, we will have to search within ourselves as to how much do we want to be happy and go for it.