Life and Satisfaction...

Who says that life is an easy game? Is living a piece of cake? A bowl of cherries? No, it is absolutely not!

But is there any way for life to be easy? Yes, in fact, there are many ways...
Life can be easy if you can find ways to be satisfied with it... Being thankful with what you have is a way for us to feel that living is not difficult at all.
But the thing is... will your life develop if you are always trying to satisfy yourself with what you have in your hands? Won't you ask for something more?
Will you just stay in a place and keep on repeating the sentence, "I need nothing, I satisfied and thankful!" Well, being in this situation is an option. You may choose to be challenged and refrain from saying that you are "satisfied" with your life... Or you may prefer to put yourself in difficult situations thinking that you will get something better at the end of your struggles.
We are given the ability to make plans and dream of a better life. You may be thankful with the simple food you have on the table but won't you wish it would not be simple but something "better"? You may say you are "through" once you have enough money in your bank account but won't you want to have much... enough money to spend on you needs, your loved ones', and with extra dough that you can use in the future?
Life becomes a struggle when you choose it to be one. When you start asking for more and stop telling yourself that you are content with what you have. Keeping yourself challenged, yearning for better things in life and developing yourself and your lifestyle only mean that your life is evolving. When life evolves, it isn't stagnant... because when life is stagnant, it's dead.
While we are still young, we have to continuously work and develop our abilities. Save whatever is needed for the future. Time will come when we have to cease... that must be the period you utter the words, "I am satisfied." Because by then, you know that you have done everything necessary to give yourself not a good life but a better one, not overcome struggles but won them, and not just made plans but accomplished them!

The Devil Wears Prada- A Novel by Lauren Weisberger

A very interesting and inspiring story of the assistant (Andrea Sachs) of the ever- famous Runway magazine's Editor- in- Chief, Miranda Priestly. There are many characters and situations that are mentioned in the book but not in the movie. But the fashionable clothes, accessories, Manolos, Jimmy Choos, Prada, Marc Jacobs, Dolce and Gabbana and the like are of course, never forgotten in both the flick and the novel. Not to mention, Miranda Priestly's demeanor and British accent that seem very irritating to Andrea's senses! Watching the flick, The Devil... may be fun but reading the novel can give you more ideas about how Andrea's life with Miranda really was. How Andrea tried to get even with Miranda... her transformation, from a sloppy dresser to a fashionable head- turner!
Both the movie and the novel, "The Devil Wears Prada" prove that it is so true, what Anne Landers said that I quote, "Everything has a price and we must sacrifice something precious to gain something else."...telling us that our success depends on how much sacrifice we make, how important the things we give up are just to get something better. Andrea Sachs gave up many things for her job and her dream of becoming a writer. Though, her boss was with this devilish character, she always tried to put up with her because she focused more on the outcome of her hardships. And at the end, even though she left Runway, she was never a loser. Everything she had and experienced from working with Miranda and Runway just made her a better person with bigger dreams and stronger determination in achieving all her aspirations as a writer, a person of inspiration not just to the readers of her work but to the people who are close to her heart... Her experiences made her ready to face more difficult challenges ahead of her. And Miranda, was someone who Andrea did not consider an enemy, but a mentor. She was a brilliant person with amazing passion for her work which made herself and Runway Magazine fashion legends!