In a world filled with strife, with people suffering, many of whom live plentifull lives but still suffer, do we ever take the time to stop and think about us at least for a moment ?
Picture your daily routine, in it is there a point where you stop from what you are doing and think about yourselves ? What you want, want you want to do, what matters to you ?
Ussually we don’t. There are many excuses for why we don’t pay attention to the only person that really matters in our lives, us. Varied reasons like : I don’t have time, who will pay the rent, who will drive the kids to school etc. All of us have them.
But without knowing ourselves can we truly be happy ? Without knowing what makes us tick, or why do we tick in the first place, can we truly be alive ?
Many do not want to think about themselves because they have so many feelings that they do not want to face. Deep inside us, inside the faces and games we put on for the outside world there are thoughts, emotions that we keep well hid, not only from the exterior but from our own selves.
Unfortunately, these are the things that drive us in everyday life. That is why many perceived succesful individuals live in agony and self-destroy themselves. They never stop to think what or why they are doing what they do. They just do it.
Many ask when presented with the option of thinking about themselves and exploring their own inner self, how do they do that ? They believe they need the help of psychologists, psychiatrists, mystics or whatnot.
They don’t need anyone else, you don’t need anyone else to tell you about yourself. All you have to do is make a little time everyday for yourself. 15 – 30 minutes per day. You will still be able to pay the rent, the kids won’t starve, the world will not end if you just stop what you are doing and think why you are doing it. I remember someone saying (I’m sorry I do not remember the name) that people act first, then think, and afterwords MAYBE feel, when it should be the other way around. Unfortunately it is very true. We do not even think about what we are doing let alone see how that would make us feel. We just follow what we have always done because that is what everyone tells us to do or at least that’s how we see it. Well nobody will tell us how to be happy, basicly because they do not know. Even if I know what makes me happy, I can never know what makes YOU happy. Do you know ? Many will ask what is happiness. Do not confuse this with satisfaction, the feeling you get when having a succesful career, which is unfortunately the most widely accepted answer; if you are a succesful bussinessman you are happy. That’s BS. Agreed that one does not exclude the other but that doesn’t meant they are equivalent.
Think about the last time you were truly happy? How long ago was it ? What were you doing ?
Most of you will say it was quite some time ago, and that you were not doing something in particular, probably just admiring a scenery, spending time with a loved one.
Why don’t we strive to achieve those moments ? Why do we get so caught up in doing things that we don’t really need or want ?
Why don’t we just take a moment to enjoy the ride ?
Filed under: Nothing in a nutshell, A moment in time