Step out onto the street and ask 100 people to honestly answer what their main purpose in life is and they will often give you an answer referring to the concept of lifetime happiness. But what does it really mean to live a happy life? How do we really make ourselves a satisfied life on such an emotion that truly is as momentary as any other emotion in the book? I mean, in theory this sounds like a really great idea...but how is it actually done?
When we are deeply happy, we are just happiness in of itself. We don't try to do anything with it or attempt to be more happy, we just are that way. But oh when we are upset, hurting , or in a hard part of our life, we try and do all types of things to get ourselves out of it. We try to kick the unkickable emotion, manipulate it, and exit out of it as speedily as we are able to. Even worse, we try to ignore those uncontrollable emotions and rise high above them as if we really could create that type of ladder for ourselves.
There's great danger in this because if you make a shakey ladder of ascension, you'll always come across life's wondrous way of ripping the rug out from underneath you at the most unsuitable time, and you will try and take a step backwards on the ladder rung below, only to find that it isn't there. Where are you headed? Straight to the bottom. Bam. Flat on your back.
So what can we do?
Court a pinch of chaos and madness in your life. Start diving into the parts of your life that may not be the best places to go. You know, that place called the past, especially the places that hold negative memories. The trick is to get your hand close enough to the frying pan to feel the heat and not burn yourself. You have to also keep yourself from staying so far away that you cannot feel the heat at all. If you can find this middle ground in the darkness, staying very close to the negative emotions without being consumed by them, you'll find out some pretty engaging things about yourself.
Chaos and a modest amount of insanity... those are very good things. You want that energy flowing through you, and if you can harness it and create art with it, whatever that art shall be, the possibilities are unlimited. Many think that only good places create good thoughts and emotions. Nevertheless, deep happiness, love, compassion, those all significant positive traits we want for ourselves, can come from the darkness, chaos, and madness. We believe that darkness only implies darkness. But could there be the presence of light, joy, and positive features even in the roughest moments of our lives? I would say yes.
Perhaps, we really shouldn't be looking for contentment in any way. Maybe we should really be looking to dive within ourselves as much as possible and come to places of understanding and compassion. When we are open to all things, actually open to life's limitlessness, then anything can happen. When we are O.K with that fact, things begin to get ridiculously exciting.
Merely a thought.
When we are deeply happy, we are just happiness in of itself. We don't try to do anything with it or attempt to be more happy, we just are that way. But oh when we are upset, hurting , or in a hard part of our life, we try and do all types of things to get ourselves out of it. We try to kick the unkickable emotion, manipulate it, and exit out of it as speedily as we are able to. Even worse, we try to ignore those uncontrollable emotions and rise high above them as if we really could create that type of ladder for ourselves.
There's great danger in this because if you make a shakey ladder of ascension, you'll always come across life's wondrous way of ripping the rug out from underneath you at the most unsuitable time, and you will try and take a step backwards on the ladder rung below, only to find that it isn't there. Where are you headed? Straight to the bottom. Bam. Flat on your back.
So what can we do?
Court a pinch of chaos and madness in your life. Start diving into the parts of your life that may not be the best places to go. You know, that place called the past, especially the places that hold negative memories. The trick is to get your hand close enough to the frying pan to feel the heat and not burn yourself. You have to also keep yourself from staying so far away that you cannot feel the heat at all. If you can find this middle ground in the darkness, staying very close to the negative emotions without being consumed by them, you'll find out some pretty engaging things about yourself.
Chaos and a modest amount of insanity... those are very good things. You want that energy flowing through you, and if you can harness it and create art with it, whatever that art shall be, the possibilities are unlimited. Many think that only good places create good thoughts and emotions. Nevertheless, deep happiness, love, compassion, those all significant positive traits we want for ourselves, can come from the darkness, chaos, and madness. We believe that darkness only implies darkness. But could there be the presence of light, joy, and positive features even in the roughest moments of our lives? I would say yes.
Perhaps, we really shouldn't be looking for contentment in any way. Maybe we should really be looking to dive within ourselves as much as possible and come to places of understanding and compassion. When we are open to all things, actually open to life's limitlessness, then anything can happen. When we are O.K with that fact, things begin to get ridiculously exciting.
Merely a thought.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing great encouraging content to viewers in search for some deeper meaning in life. If you liked this post, dive into this fantastic batch of happy life quotes that will bring a smile to your face no matter what mood you are in.
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