Step out onto the street and ask 100 people to honestly answer what their main life goal is and everyone will most likely give you an answer regarding the idea of happiness. But what does it really mean to live a happy life? How do we really create a deeply happy life on such an emotion that's as brief 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 make an attempt to do anything with it or try and be more satisfied, we just are that way. But oh when we are unhappy, suffering , or in a hard part of our life, we try and do all types of things to get ourselves out of it. We attempt to kick the sensation, manipulate it, and exit out of it as fast as we are able to. Much worse, we try to ignore those feelings and ascend above them as if we could create that sort of ladder for ourselves.
There's great danger in this because if you make a false ladder of ascension, you will unavoidably come across life's amazing way of ripping the rug out from underneath you at the most inconvenient time, and you will attempt to take a small step back on the ladder rung below, only to unfortunately 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 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 secret is to get your hand sufficiently near to the frying pan to feel the heat and not burn yourself. You have to also stop 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 negative emotions without being consumed by them, you will certianly find out some pretty fascinating things about yourself.
Chaos and a little madness... those are great things. You must have that energy flowing through you, and if you can harness it and create art with it, whatever that art might be, the possibilities are unlimited. Many think that only good places create good feelings. But in actuality, true happiness, love, compassion, those all significant positive traits we'd like for ourselves, can come from the darkness, chaos, and a little bit of madness. We suspect that darkness only implies darkness. But could there be the presence of light, joy, and positive qualities even in the roughest moments of our lives? I would need to say yes.
But maybe we shouldn't be looking for happiness at all. Maybe... we should really be wanting to dive within ourselves as much as practicable 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 okay with that fact, things truly begin to get really get exciting.
Merely a thought.
When we are deeply happy, we are just happiness in of itself. We don't make an attempt to do anything with it or try and be more satisfied, we just are that way. But oh when we are unhappy, suffering , or in a hard part of our life, we try and do all types of things to get ourselves out of it. We attempt to kick the sensation, manipulate it, and exit out of it as fast as we are able to. Much worse, we try to ignore those feelings and ascend above them as if we could create that sort of ladder for ourselves.
There's great danger in this because if you make a false ladder of ascension, you will unavoidably come across life's amazing way of ripping the rug out from underneath you at the most inconvenient time, and you will attempt to take a small step back on the ladder rung below, only to unfortunately 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 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 secret is to get your hand sufficiently near to the frying pan to feel the heat and not burn yourself. You have to also stop 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 negative emotions without being consumed by them, you will certianly find out some pretty fascinating things about yourself.
Chaos and a little madness... those are great things. You must have that energy flowing through you, and if you can harness it and create art with it, whatever that art might be, the possibilities are unlimited. Many think that only good places create good feelings. But in actuality, true happiness, love, compassion, those all significant positive traits we'd like for ourselves, can come from the darkness, chaos, and a little bit of madness. We suspect that darkness only implies darkness. But could there be the presence of light, joy, and positive qualities even in the roughest moments of our lives? I would need to say yes.
But maybe we shouldn't be looking for happiness at all. Maybe... we should really be wanting to dive within ourselves as much as practicable 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 okay 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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