Isn't that the dream?
That one day, you'll stop for a moment. Maybe you'll just relax your shoulders and smile or maybe you'll burst into tears, but in that instant, you realize you really are happy. The work you've put in, the pains you've suffered, and the times you felt like nothing was worth it anymore would all be explained. It would all be worth it because with all that has happened, you're happy now. The past can't haunt you, and the future can't be daunting because you've got it. You're happy.
Doesn't that explain everything we ever do?
All of the vying for money, the intense soul-searching, the desperation for others' approval, the "progress".
We're saving up and building up and storing up so that one day we can have that moment.
We can be truly happy.
And it's no good to consider the possibility that the moment won't come. It's better to live in comfortable delusion than to shred the already collapsing heart right?
What you say is true but it should not be so. The "I'll be happy when...." rarely ever comes and if it does come we seem to no longer desire the anticipated result.
ReplyDeleteThe key to happiness is living life in the moment with all its splendor and amazement just as a child. No haunting past and no daunting future. If it is true that happiness is a choice then why do so few people choose it?