If I had the power to eliminate one emotion from the world, obviously, that would be sadness.
I was going through my friend’s blog when I saw that one of my friends posted that he would eliminate happiness if he had the power to do so. I am stunned. Why would a person want to eliminate happiness? Without happiness, the world would be very blunt. Without happiness, even if a person done something that is worth praising, he will not be happy as there is no happiness within every person. He would be celebrating it sadly, and think of it, wouldn’t it be pathetic? If we had happiness, it would be different. We will be celebrating our happiness with our friends and make it even more joyous. If we had happiness, our daily life would be filled with laughter and not sadness, worry about this, worry about that, just walk forward with a smile and take on anything cheerfully, why need to be sad? When I got my results in term 1, I would say that I did it badly but I did not spend the rest of the days “emoing” away like other peoples, and when I got my science paper with the score 16.5/40, I did not scream like some insane person as though it was the end of the world. Instead of screaming in agony, I talked to my friends and laughed. My science teacher thought I was out of my minds and said, “Why, Mark? Very proud of your results issit?” at that moment, glances were casted in my direction and people started asking about my results. I just told them about my grades and without any hesitation. Why should I be sad and tell them the lies? I should just tell them. There is not a need to be sad and we should pick ourselves up from where we fell. Instead of being sad, I thought about how should I improve my grades next term, and of course, my science teacher “helped” me by asking my questions that I did not know. Sometimes I was very pissed off with her but I thought that she was actually teaching me in a sense and I just went on with my classes. I mean, there is not a point to get agitated over a teacher and affect my mood for the rest of the days. I just studied hard for my science test in the second term and my efforts paid off. I got 30/40 for my test. My science teacher was like, “This one is very surprising…Mark, 30/40.” This time, my friends in my class were cheering out loud for me and I shut the mouth of my science teacher up with my grades. The change in attitude of my friends reactions towards me and no doubts, they went forward and praised me, “Wa…Mark seh….” Haha. The joy in me cannot be expressed with any words. It was like honey was scattered over my heart and I felt as though I was on cloud nine. Back to the topic. If there was no happiness, I would be celebrating my success in sadness, and it would be very pathetic. Thus, I think that my friend was wrong by saying that he would eliminate happiness if he had the power to do so.
Particularly during this current recession, where people are having a trouble in looking for jobs, sad face would be seen more on people. They always fret whether how they would continue with their life without and jobs and their rice bowl is dropped on the floor, broken. They always fret whether they would still have the money to pay their electricity bills and other things. They are always scared that they may go bankrupt soon. Thus, they face their daily lives with a sad face and always, a smile is scarcely seen on a person’s face. Even a smile on a person’s face and lift up a person’s day. This is what I learnt from a comprehension passage. Upon seeing people without a smile on a face, I feel pitiful for them. I think that they should carry out their daily activities with a smile and face them positively. Take my friend. Everytime when his results are bad, he would sit in his sit there quietly, not talking to anyone. Even when I took the initiative to cheer him up, he would just give me a smile and continue to “emo in his sit. I wonder, why should people get so worked up over just a test. it is not the end of the world. They should look on the bright side and work hard for the next term. I know it is not easy, but what can you do when what’s done is done. There is no use in crying over the spilt milk. Will “emoing” help you in anyway? Will it help you to get an A1? Why is there a need to be sad?
The comprehension passage also says that you can smile into the mirror and tell yourselves that you can do it everyday in the morning so that it can help to boost your confidence to carry out the daily activities in the days to come, and I think that this is very effective. Try this, to the emotionally affected friends who read this blog.
Thus I think that sadness should be eliminated if there is a need to do so and I would definitely eliminate it if I had the power to do so, since the cons of being sad are definitely more than the pros, if there was even any. With this I end my blog post. Thank you. Byeeeee!