The Price Of Happiness
Have you ever asked yourself "How did I get here?" or "This isn't what I expected my life to be!" So many of us end up lost in life, struggling to get by day by day, not knowing where we lost our way.
We remember a dream long ago of what we envisioned for ourselves and beat ourselves up for straying from that path.
There are so many things we tell ourselves don't we? "I have a well- paying job, I have kids that depend on me, I am healthy, what more is there in life?" We are afraid of asking for too much.
All of these small gifts that have been given to us are minor if we don't have happiness to go along with it.
We have to realize that we deserve more than mediocre.
We have been taught as children to be thankful for what we have, to be grateful, not to expect more; and we grow up to be adults that settle for a life that is less satisfying than what we had imagined.
Gone are the days of childhood dreaming, and it has been replaced with adulthood and responsibility.
Somewhere along the way we have lost our desire to always strive for more.
Time gets in the way, and the decisions we make are based more on practical aspects rather than our passions.
For it is following our passions in life that bring happiness, and happiness brings health.
Happiness is a choice.
If there is something in your life that is preventing happiness, change it.
Look for another job that you are passionate about, find friends that lift you up and encourage you, find hobbies that fulfil you.
Admittedly not all will be easy to change and at this point I must ask you to weigh the situation.
How much are you willing to sacrifice for your own happiness? As men and women we struggle to find their place in the world, I am finding that we have begun to break the molds of the past that confine us as human beings.
Once we step out from behind the definitions we have set up for ourselves of partner, parent, friend, and lover we can start to find out who we truly are without the labels.
This also brings happiness, when we let go of who we "think" we are and step into who we are.
It is then we are able to ask ourselves, "What is my happiness worth to me?"
We remember a dream long ago of what we envisioned for ourselves and beat ourselves up for straying from that path.
There are so many things we tell ourselves don't we? "I have a well- paying job, I have kids that depend on me, I am healthy, what more is there in life?" We are afraid of asking for too much.
All of these small gifts that have been given to us are minor if we don't have happiness to go along with it.
We have to realize that we deserve more than mediocre.
We have been taught as children to be thankful for what we have, to be grateful, not to expect more; and we grow up to be adults that settle for a life that is less satisfying than what we had imagined.
Gone are the days of childhood dreaming, and it has been replaced with adulthood and responsibility.
Somewhere along the way we have lost our desire to always strive for more.
Time gets in the way, and the decisions we make are based more on practical aspects rather than our passions.
For it is following our passions in life that bring happiness, and happiness brings health.
Happiness is a choice.
If there is something in your life that is preventing happiness, change it.
Look for another job that you are passionate about, find friends that lift you up and encourage you, find hobbies that fulfil you.
Admittedly not all will be easy to change and at this point I must ask you to weigh the situation.
How much are you willing to sacrifice for your own happiness? As men and women we struggle to find their place in the world, I am finding that we have begun to break the molds of the past that confine us as human beings.
Once we step out from behind the definitions we have set up for ourselves of partner, parent, friend, and lover we can start to find out who we truly are without the labels.
This also brings happiness, when we let go of who we "think" we are and step into who we are.
It is then we are able to ask ourselves, "What is my happiness worth to me?"
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