Pursuit of happiness
Sometimes in the pursuit of happiness you need to stop the pursuit and pursue the happiness.
A few years ago my Facebook status was "GPS set to happy." At the time I wasn't unhappy, but I wasn't happy. I lived in mere contentment with a smile. Some will move in here and never leave, and will think that's the place to be. It isn't. Now it's not the worst place to be either.
Life is beautiful. Sometimes life happens and it isn't so beautiful, but when you develop resiliency, it's all good and you truly have no worries.
A resilient person is able to bounce back quick from misfortune and tragedy. Resiliency is key to happiness.
I've had a pretty good life with minimal disruptions. Eight years ago my world was turned upside down. When I say upside down, I was dangling from a tight rope holding two children and This is when I learned my own resilience. Everyone thought I was living a facade and I couldn't be "ok" with everything that was going on. Honestly, I was fine. I accepted that I couldn't change my misfortune. I developed new goals that I needed to achieve in order to lesson my dangle from this tight rope. I developed a positive mindset and optimism. This alone bread happiness for me. As cliche as it is, mind over matter. "You are responsible for the energy that you put into this world." I'm a firm believer in what you put out, will return to you full force.
Live. Love. Action
1. Smile and laugh as often as you can.
2. Embrace your emotions while accepting things for what they are.
3. Saturate in optimism
4. Trust the process
Brokenness
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Many of us are broken. Wether it was one paralyzing event or multiple incidents that took toll on our soul. Many people play the blame game and revel in it being someone else's fault. And that it may. However, much pain that we endure, we invite on ourselves. Wether it's the signs we over looked because of all the great things we thought we knew or saw. Or maybe even we thought the pain was a normal part of interactions. Either way when we break something we love, we do whatever is needed to piece it back together.
Live. Love. Action
1. Repair the emotional wounds through forgiveness
2. Regain a sense of self
3. Revel in all things that make your heart ecstatic.
Love...the hard way
Some people are hard to love. They are combative and difficult without cause. No matter how much you pour into them, it doesn't resonate. Like a bucket with a hole in it. They will in turn drain you for your happiness, love, and patience. Some days it will feel like all the love that you're giving them is in vain. Love then becomes more of a selfish act, then selfless. You want that love in return and you just pour and pour. Soon that bucket will overflow and you and that person are left confused. You've taught them love, and they have taught you resistance. Embrace it and take the easy route-love yourself and others will follow. What you put into the universe will always return to you.
Love. Live. Action.
1. Understand that the persons lack of love or reciprocity, has NOTHING to do with you.