Today, I concluded that I can, and will, be happy.
For a long time I've believed that happiness is simply a state of mind. And, as an idealist, it wasn't something that I could let myself fall into. I didn't want to lose all intelligence just to feel happy inside. It would feel fake. It seemed to me that everything in your life either had to be in order, or you just had to be oblivious to the world. Well, as I mentioned in an earlier post, not everything is in order. And I can't let myself just ignore life. So, by default, I can't be happy.
I think I was wrong. I mean, I was right. But I was also wrong. Happiness IS a state of mind. But those aren't the only ways to be happy. I've decided that happiness is a choice.
I can choose to be okay with life the way that it is. Take into account that there is a lot of crap, and just choose not to dwell in the negative side. Accept who I am, and what my life is. I don't have to have the things I'm pursuing. Just enjoy the journey. Choose to be happy.
It's so simple, and when write it down it doesn't seem like such a big epiphany. But it changes everything.
I wont be faking anything. And I don't have to be all smiles all the time. I just have to be content.
I just have to believe that it's all okay.
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