Tony’s “This I Believe” podcast
by Tony
I believe that the most important aspect in life is happiness. It’s the one motivation that should come before everything because I believe you can never have enough fun. Sure there are times when you need to take things seriously like jobs and education but there is also some fun that can be squeezed in between the two, and there is no rule saying you can’t have fun while doing both because I can easily catch myself having fun on the job or at school. There should never be a limit on fun because it creates happiness which is important for yourself, others and creates a positive atmosphere for your lifestyle, people these days are so wrapped up in their own lives and problems to have fun once in a great while. I believe that at least once a year a person should set aside a week to go on vacation to either go camping, visiting family, and or just soak up the sun in some tropical place down south.
Every year when I was younger I always went on vacations to either visit some of my family in Connecticut, Texas, or Florida or go other places. My freshman year in high school I went down to Cancun a month before spring break. I went to Cancun with my mom but I was basically on my own without any friends and in a place where only a half the people spoke English but I didn’t let that get in the way of me having fun. Mostly while I was there I swam in the ocean and roamed around the city looking for fun. I met this kid there from Argentina named Marcos he was 17 we hung out the whole week so he was basically the only friend I had down there and I learned a lot from him he was definitely a fun kid to hang out with. In my teenage years I’d have to say that was one of the best vacations ever and I plan to go back to have more fun hopefully with friends when I’m a freshman or sophomore in College.
Before I was a teenager my family went camping a lot usually to Traverse City Bay or Petoskey which was fun because we rented those water bikes and a water trampoline so we had a lot of fun out on the water. I can say for a fact that I had fun on and off the water whether it was riding bikes, exploring trails or just playing in the sand their was no limit to the fun I had there and I shared that fun with most my family which made it special. Also when I was 12 my family and I went down to Florida to visit my Uncle Richie and we also went to Disney World, Sea world and Universal Studio’s all in one week which was pretty exciting at the time before I became a teenager that was the most exciting and fun week of my life.
So I believe having fun especially throughout my childhood was very important and I think that having fun even in years to come will be important as well and no matter what’s going on in my life with family, friends, work I’m never going to stop having fun because you only live once and I’m not going to waste my time taking life seriously and neither should anybody else.
