Realistic Happiness
You'd think it would be enough to have health, money and love, what in itself is a praiseworthy package, but, unfortunately, our desires are much more complex.
It is not enough for people to live without a hungry fever: we want, beyond health, we want to be sexy, perfectly fit, irresistible. Money? It is not enough to be able to just pay the rent, the food, and the trips to the movies: we want the Olympic swimming pool in the backyard and a season pass to a five stars spa. And what about love? Ah, love... it is not enough to have somebody with whom you can talk, divide a pizza, and to make love once in a while. This is to think small: we want capital LOVE, the entire package. We want to be viscously in love, we want to be surprised by declarations and unexpected gifts, we want candlelight dinners from Monday to Sunday, want wild sex and daily sex, we want to be happy THIS way and not any other form. I guess it's what happens when we watch too much television. We simply forget to try to be happy in a more realistic way.
To have a constant partner can or cannot be a synonym of happiness. You can be happy single, happy with occasional romances, happy with a partner, happy without one, happy with multiple ones. Small love does not exist, especially when it comes to self-love. Money is a blessing. Who has it, needs to take advantage of it, to spend it, to enjoy it. Not to waste time saving, saving, saving. Only the sufficient to feel secure, not imprisoned. And if we have just a little, it is with this little that we will try to get by, seeking for things that come for free instead, like a little of humor and laughter, a little of faith, and a little of creativity. To be happy in a realistic way is to do what is possible and to expect the impossible. To exercise without longing for fashion runways, to work without longing for stardom, to love without longing for its eternity.
Look at the clock: time to wake up. It is important to think in the extreme, to search deep inside for what mobilizes, instigates, and leads us, but without demanding itself in a superhuman way. Life is not a game where the one who most tests his limits is the only one who takes the prize. Let us not be such sorry victims of this competitiveness. If the goal is excessively high, reduce it. If you are not in accordance with the rules, QUIT. Invent your own proper game. Do what is necessary for you to be happy. But do not forget that happiness is a simple feeling, you can find it and let it slip away for not perceiving its amazing simplicity. It transmits peace and not strong feelings that cause torment and provoke restlessness in our heart. These feelings can be labeled temporary joy, passion, enthusiasm, but NOT happiness.
It is not enough for people to live without a hungry fever: we want, beyond health, we want to be sexy, perfectly fit, irresistible. Money? It is not enough to be able to just pay the rent, the food, and the trips to the movies: we want the Olympic swimming pool in the backyard and a season pass to a five stars spa. And what about love? Ah, love... it is not enough to have somebody with whom you can talk, divide a pizza, and to make love once in a while. This is to think small: we want capital LOVE, the entire package. We want to be viscously in love, we want to be surprised by declarations and unexpected gifts, we want candlelight dinners from Monday to Sunday, want wild sex and daily sex, we want to be happy THIS way and not any other form. I guess it's what happens when we watch too much television. We simply forget to try to be happy in a more realistic way.
To have a constant partner can or cannot be a synonym of happiness. You can be happy single, happy with occasional romances, happy with a partner, happy without one, happy with multiple ones. Small love does not exist, especially when it comes to self-love. Money is a blessing. Who has it, needs to take advantage of it, to spend it, to enjoy it. Not to waste time saving, saving, saving. Only the sufficient to feel secure, not imprisoned. And if we have just a little, it is with this little that we will try to get by, seeking for things that come for free instead, like a little of humor and laughter, a little of faith, and a little of creativity. To be happy in a realistic way is to do what is possible and to expect the impossible. To exercise without longing for fashion runways, to work without longing for stardom, to love without longing for its eternity.
Look at the clock: time to wake up. It is important to think in the extreme, to search deep inside for what mobilizes, instigates, and leads us, but without demanding itself in a superhuman way. Life is not a game where the one who most tests his limits is the only one who takes the prize. Let us not be such sorry victims of this competitiveness. If the goal is excessively high, reduce it. If you are not in accordance with the rules, QUIT. Invent your own proper game. Do what is necessary for you to be happy. But do not forget that happiness is a simple feeling, you can find it and let it slip away for not perceiving its amazing simplicity. It transmits peace and not strong feelings that cause torment and provoke restlessness in our heart. These feelings can be labeled temporary joy, passion, enthusiasm, but NOT happiness.
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