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(This passage is translated from a Japanese book. Corrections are welcomed!)

Living

Before I was born,
There had been my parents,
Ancestors before them,
And lives of various people.
Without them,
I could not exist.
I have to thank them and live with all my might.
And...
I want to be happy.

How dare a criminal say such a thing as 'I want to be happy'!
Some of you might think so. (This sounds strange in English.  "Don't you think?" might fit here.)
The phrase 'I want to be happy' was written with modest, small letters.
The truth is that everyone is born to be happy.
Only when one realizes his/her own life, can he/she can cherish other people's lives.

(It's too awkward to include words for both genders.  This is a problem with English that, amazingly, doesn't have an elegant solution yet.  You can either pick a gender or just use 'their', which, although technically wrong, is acceptable in informal writing.)