So you don’t have the time to:
Go on vacation, visit that loved one you say you love so much, but haven’t seen in months or years, go to that concert performed by that artist you enjoy so much, make that phone call to that friend you haven’t spoken to in years, read that book or magazine you enjoy, take a couple minutes out of your day to talk to your spouse/significant other about their day or your child about their silly but yet funny story, take a moment to truly breath and feel the air enter and leave through your lungs and pass through your nose and mouth, or take in the sights of an event, area, city, or historical place on this great earth that you have only seen a fraction of.
But yet you have the time, resources and energy and ingenuity to find every possible excuse, reason and justification why you can’t... Why you can’t enjoy life..Why you can’t take advantage of the greatest gift you’ve been blessed with..life. You have become a genius at diverting the path that will free you from the mundane daily rat race. You’ve mastered the vocabulary of the mentally enslaved, the victim, the work-a-holic, and the blamer.
Spiritually you pray to your God. However almost every action shows that your employment and the funds you receive are the masters of every one of your actions and reactions. You can find little resources to support and fund following your dream or purpose in order to bring more happiness in to your life and that of others. Amazingly, like a miracle you can find more than enough resources, tears, words of endearment, compassion, understanding and time off from work to travel to cover and attend the death of a loved one. You make little or no time for life, but you find more than enough time for death.
How long will you commute to a place you don't enjoy, participate in a relationship that has been sapped of joy, distance yourself from every event or place that envokes a smile on your face in order to simply exist and maintain a livihood but not an enjoyable life.
We have become more technological and scientific. At the same time we are truly losing our ability to enjoy life through exercising our ability to go after our goals, explore, share an experience, communicate, educate, and enjoy the company of another human.
Find more reasons to live, more reasons to go, more reasons to smile, more reasons to help. FIND MORE REASONS TO BE !!
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ReplyDeleteLOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteWe have become so robotic in our livelihood and we need to definitely enjoy the "fruits of our labor", the family we have, and the friends we cherish. It’s important to recognize the “robotic” phases of life and recapture what is important for us to “enjoy” our journey.
I recall one of my “robotic” phases when I was driving to work one day and realized I literally hadn’t taken a deep breath of air. I was just taking short breaths but not really fully breathing nor was I “enjoying” my ride to work as I stressed out about traffic. I also recall sharing this incident with a coworker. The next day she said she experienced the same thing and remembered what I shared and she started taking long breaths of air which made her relax and she began to enjoy her ride to work.
Happiness is a choice! Make that decision and stick to that plan and everything else falls into place. You will see once your main priority is to stay happy, you will make time for that vacation, connecting with friends, and spending memorable time with family. The key is to prioritize your list - - with “BEING HAPPY” at the very top.
We need to enjoy our journey now, with all that is around us, the people we love. Otherwise, what is our purpose?
Again, Luke, right on target with this subject – thanks for reminder!
Thanks for your comments Vicky. What are you doing today to be happy, not be robotic, and breath ?
ReplyDeleteYou are right happiness is a choice. A choice we must be brave enough to make despite our fear and excuses.
Definitely 'living happy'...no longer daydreaming but LIVING THE DREAM! :)
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