Always in the Process of Improvement
That’s the goal. Whether is is physical improvement, mental improvement, life situation improvement, it doesn’t matter - just keep striving to improve. The best advice I can give someone who is trying their hardest to reach an attainable goal is simply this. “Keep going, don’t stop.” It’s simple, but even just the slightest encouragement can make a word of different to someone, as words of discouragement can do the opposite.
Now for a word on happiness. Happiness comes from within. Outside factors can have an effect on how hard you have to try to be happy, but ultimately, it is an internal decision, everyday. I love to see others happy, that is one thing that brings me genuine joy, however, in my process of trying to make others happy, I’ve neglected most of the things about me that make myself happy. I’ve been happy, but it was vicariously through someone else’s happiness. Happiness has a tendency to rub off, and that’s a very good thing. Now, when you solely depend on others happiness to be happy, you need to take a look at yourself. It’s ok, things happen. Life often gets in the way of most things, but we have to work with it everyday.
Recently I made the realization that while, yes, I am happy at the moment, it’s not my happiness, it’s others rubbing off. I mean what I need to be or have to make me happy, and that is a work in progress. I’ve tried some things (nothing illegal), to see if it was what I was missing, and I’m sad to say that it didn’t work. My heart knows what it knows, and for once, my brain and heart are in perfect alignment, and I have to wait for that opportunity. It’s been an emotional roller coaster, that’s for sure, but yeah, it is what it is, and while that may make others sad or even mad, it’s better to figure things out early on rather than farther down the road.
Take a deep look at your situation. Are you truly happy? If not, then change it, if so, then cultivate it. It’s a simple formula. In order to make yourself happy, you might make others unhappy or even mad, but that’s not on you, that’s on them. Remember that.
Until next time dear readers...
Well said..
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