Step out onto the street and ask 100 people to honestly answer what their main life goal is 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 can we create a deeply happy life on such an emotion that 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 cheerful. We don't make an effort to do anything with it or try to be more satisfied, we just are that way. But oh when we are angry, hurting , or mad, we try to do all kinds 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 truly can. Even worse, we try and ignore those emotions and rise high above them as if we actually could create that type of ladder for ourselves.
There's significant danger in this because if you create a fake ladder of ascension, you will always come across life's wondrous way of ripping the rug out from under you at the most inconvenient time, and you will try to take a step backwards on the ladder rung below, only to find that it's not there. Where are you headed? Directly to the bottom. Bam. Flat on your back.
So what can we actually do?
Court a tiny bit of chaos and craziness in your life. Start diving into the parts of your life that might not be the best places to go. You know, that place called the past, especially the places that hold negative memories. The real secret is to get your hand close enough to the frying pan to feel the heat and not burn yourself. You must also prevent yourself from staying so far away that you actually can't feel the heat remotely. If you can find this middle ground in the darkness, staying very close to the destructive feelings without being consumed by them, you will find out some pretty interesting things about yourself.
Chaos and a modest amount of insanity... those are good things. You must have that energy flowing through you, and if you can harness it and create art with it, whatever that art shall be, the possibilities are endless. Many think that only good places create good feelings. But in actuality, true happiness, love, compassion, those all critical positive traits we want for ourselves, can come from the darkness, chaos, and a pinch of madness. We believe that darkness only implies darkness. But could there be the presence of light, joy, and positive aspects even in the roughest moments of our lives? I would have to say yes.
But maybe we shouldn't be looking for this concept of happiness in any way. Perhaps we should be seeking to dive within ourselves as much as humanly possible and come to places of understanding and compassion. When we are open to all things, really open to life's limitlessness, then anything can happen. When we are O.K with that fact, things truly begin to get really get exciting.
Merely a thought.
When we are deeply happy, we are just cheerful. We don't make an effort to do anything with it or try to be more satisfied, we just are that way. But oh when we are angry, hurting , or mad, we try to do all kinds 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 truly can. Even worse, we try and ignore those emotions and rise high above them as if we actually could create that type of ladder for ourselves.
There's significant danger in this because if you create a fake ladder of ascension, you will always come across life's wondrous way of ripping the rug out from under you at the most inconvenient time, and you will try to take a step backwards on the ladder rung below, only to find that it's not there. Where are you headed? Directly to the bottom. Bam. Flat on your back.
So what can we actually do?
Court a tiny bit of chaos and craziness in your life. Start diving into the parts of your life that might not be the best places to go. You know, that place called the past, especially the places that hold negative memories. The real secret is to get your hand close enough to the frying pan to feel the heat and not burn yourself. You must also prevent yourself from staying so far away that you actually can't feel the heat remotely. If you can find this middle ground in the darkness, staying very close to the destructive feelings without being consumed by them, you will find out some pretty interesting things about yourself.
Chaos and a modest amount of insanity... those are good things. You must have that energy flowing through you, and if you can harness it and create art with it, whatever that art shall be, the possibilities are endless. Many think that only good places create good feelings. But in actuality, true happiness, love, compassion, those all critical positive traits we want for ourselves, can come from the darkness, chaos, and a pinch of madness. We believe that darkness only implies darkness. But could there be the presence of light, joy, and positive aspects even in the roughest moments of our lives? I would have to say yes.
But maybe we shouldn't be looking for this concept of happiness in any way. Perhaps we should be seeking to dive within ourselves as much as humanly possible and come to places of understanding and compassion. When we are open to all things, really open to life's limitlessness, then anything can happen. When we are O.K with that fact, things truly begin to get really get 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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