Look up.

If I could present to the world the story of my life,
       One might ask how it is that I can continue to be optimistic
              In a world that treats me so.  
       How it is I can fall, and then rise right back up,
              Smiling and ready for the next step.

I’m not so sure myself.
       I sometimes find myself wondering the very same thing…
       How it is I don’t grow bitter…
              Or cold…

All I can figure is that this life, if left to regret,
              would find itself far past not worth living.
       And the only reason to live a life of regret,
                     would be to attempt unhappiness.

I can’t live a life dwelling on the things which may or may not have gone my way.
       Things don’t always go my way, but it never means that the next one will not.

Life is always available
              To anyone who would have it.
Success,
              To anybody who would accept it.
Happiness,
              To anybody who would put it in their heart.

There is nowhere to go to seek it,
       There is no person to find from whom to receive it,
              And there is no action to perform by which to obtain it.

There is only yourself,
       And the acceptance that you’ve done well
              With what you’ve had.
       That you’ve tried the best you could
              In the time you had.
       Or even that you were a little lazy,
              But were able to enjoy life.

Accept that about your past,
       And know that tomorrow can worry about itself.
       What good will it ever do to worry about something
                     That cannot be forced to change?  

But if you cannot be optimistic for your own sake,
        Do it for the sake of others.
Do it for the sake of those who can’t see that it’s even possible.
        Let them know that they’ve nothing to regret in this lifetime...  
              Nothing that can’t be made up for through the sanguine future.  

       Let them know that there is no limit
              And are no bounds that can be placed
                     On the potential of a human being
                            Confident in the unscripted future.
                     And by doing so,
                            You may find confidence
                                   And contentment in your own.