IT'S human nature to be disatisfied with ones lot in life. Nothing is ever good enough for most people. My cars not big enough. I don't earn enough money. I'm not happy with my job. My house isn't in the right area. I'm not with the right person. I think i'm too fat. I think I'm too thin. I don't like my hair. If only he understood me. If only she knew what i was going through. I can't stand being alone. I can't stand all these people. Why can't I be happy here? Et cetera et cetera ad infinatum.
WE struggle, strive and suffer to forge on through this life expecting a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and along the way, most of us are content to moan and complain about everything that's bothering us. Some of us feel that if we earned a lot of money we'd have nothing to complain about, right? Well, I've met a few rich people who are just about as unhappy with their life as anyone else is. The only difference between us regular folks and them is the content of our moaning. We all are unhappy, it seems, with where we are and what we're ding most of the time. There's always that one thing, just at the horizon, we think that if we reach, we're sure we'll be satisfied. The funny thing is that when we get there, suddenly something else strikes our fancy.
Green pastures are what we seek, but we constantly reset the definition of what we consider to be greener pastures everytime we reach the original goal. I suppose that is progress, it is suicide to allow one self to stagnate by remaining static but do we really need to be so upset and uptight all the time about it? Why do we have this urge to make ourselves suffer, for it truly is us who makes ourselves suffer and no one else. We can blame others for our suffering but truly the only person who can make you unhappy is yourself. Everyone has path in life to follow that is both personal and independent from everyone else's and only you can beat your own path. The path to happiness follows the same paradigm, only you can make it happen. There is no quick fix way to make yourself happy, no guru will lead you there, no product you can buy, food you can eat or drink you can drink, will ever make you happy. You have to make a conscious effort to be happy, to determine what will make you happy and achieve it.
But why is it that we always feel that the grass is always green on the other side? I suppose it's because most of us are quite insecure about ourselves that we feel that we need some external stimuli, a new house, job, car etc, to make us happy. Our current environment is not conducive to our happiness so we seek to find something else that would be. Basically, we're passing the buck. We're not allowing ourselves to believe that the true root of our dissatisfaction is but ourselves. We pass the blame to something else and say,"that's the reason i'm not happy!" when in all actuality it's only us who made ourselves upset. Take a breath, take a deep breath. Isn't that wonderful? You're breathing, that means your alive, that means you have it within your power to be happy for only the dead can't change their minds. A final thought, shit is shit, and it's the same all over, but it's up to you if you want to moan about it or not. Lay back a bit, relax, and make yourself happy for a change.
WE struggle, strive and suffer to forge on through this life expecting a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and along the way, most of us are content to moan and complain about everything that's bothering us. Some of us feel that if we earned a lot of money we'd have nothing to complain about, right? Well, I've met a few rich people who are just about as unhappy with their life as anyone else is. The only difference between us regular folks and them is the content of our moaning. We all are unhappy, it seems, with where we are and what we're ding most of the time. There's always that one thing, just at the horizon, we think that if we reach, we're sure we'll be satisfied. The funny thing is that when we get there, suddenly something else strikes our fancy.
Green pastures are what we seek, but we constantly reset the definition of what we consider to be greener pastures everytime we reach the original goal. I suppose that is progress, it is suicide to allow one self to stagnate by remaining static but do we really need to be so upset and uptight all the time about it? Why do we have this urge to make ourselves suffer, for it truly is us who makes ourselves suffer and no one else. We can blame others for our suffering but truly the only person who can make you unhappy is yourself. Everyone has path in life to follow that is both personal and independent from everyone else's and only you can beat your own path. The path to happiness follows the same paradigm, only you can make it happen. There is no quick fix way to make yourself happy, no guru will lead you there, no product you can buy, food you can eat or drink you can drink, will ever make you happy. You have to make a conscious effort to be happy, to determine what will make you happy and achieve it.
But why is it that we always feel that the grass is always green on the other side? I suppose it's because most of us are quite insecure about ourselves that we feel that we need some external stimuli, a new house, job, car etc, to make us happy. Our current environment is not conducive to our happiness so we seek to find something else that would be. Basically, we're passing the buck. We're not allowing ourselves to believe that the true root of our dissatisfaction is but ourselves. We pass the blame to something else and say,"that's the reason i'm not happy!" when in all actuality it's only us who made ourselves upset. Take a breath, take a deep breath. Isn't that wonderful? You're breathing, that means your alive, that means you have it within your power to be happy for only the dead can't change their minds. A final thought, shit is shit, and it's the same all over, but it's up to you if you want to moan about it or not. Lay back a bit, relax, and make yourself happy for a change.
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Buggering bygone phone. Can't believe I have to get to you through here. I'll be getting a new number soon (I am such a procrastinator).
Anyway, just checking if the offer from you and your dad is still up for grabs, and if you yourself are comfortable with the idea, cause if you aren't you can be honest(really).
PS: Would prefer it if you get back to me at tania@juiceonline.com due to err.. certain complicated reasons.
Cheers.