When was the last time you had some fun? I mean, some real fun. Gosh. I think we take ourselves far far too serious. And this includes myself, by the way.
Too serious. Because, you know, when I was young and I think it’s probably the same for you, I was told it’s a short life. Hurry up. Get down to work. Finish those studies.
Get a good job. Make some money. Save some money. Buy a house. Buy a car.
Get married. Retire. Live out your golden years and die. It’s a short life. But you know what?
It’s not a short life. It’s a very, very, very, very long life. And that’s part of the problem because as you slowly wake up in your reality, you realize that the choices that you’ve made, gosh, are just not bringing you joy. I mean you might have a lot of money but it’s not a lot of fun this thing called life. But it should be.
It should be because it probably exists once in this reality. Whatever your religion, whatever your religion, and I believe in God very much, but the future will not be the same. That’s for sure in my estimation. So you should have some fun. You should have a bit of a laugh at yourself.
Share a story. I work with a young woman who’s basically efficient, but she’s always morose. She’s not a happy soul. She’s always tired. She looks as if life is not kind to her at all.
The other day, when I went into the office, her eyes were radiant. She was literally bouncing off the wall. What’s going on? I said, how are you? I’m fine.
What are you doing? I’m getting ready to go on vacation. She was planning to go away to Japan for a week or so with her family and she was ecstatic. Now I thought to myself, gosh, bless you. It’s nice to be ecstatic, but should we not be ecstatic virtually every day if we possibly can?
Life is not designed to be 99% misery and 1% joy. Gosh. This was not the way we’ve been designed to exist. So what do I do? Well, I think when I awake in the morning, I have to decide whether this is going to be a good day or a bad day.
So I realized that I’m in control of my happiness and then I, of course, can have a bad day. I had a bad sleep. I didn’t finish my homework. I’ve had some emotional problems. Whatever it is, doesn’t matter.
But I give myself I give myself that bad day. It’s up to me. Conversely, when I decide to give myself a good day, it’s going to be a good day. I’m in control. And yes, the vacations will titillate me.
They will add on to my joy or when I win the lottery or a great purchase on the stock market, meet the right boy or girl, whatever it is. Yes, I’ll have even more joy. But I still realize that I’m in control of this thing called life. I’m in control. And then once I believe this to be true and I implement this, life will begin to change and time curiously will slow down because each and every day will be precious.
Even the miserable ones will be precious. So then, as I go forward in this extremely long life, I will be able to savor the moment as it’s called. To feel all these times that I’m experiencing. So the next time you decide that you’re in a state of frustration or depression, realize that you’ve put yourself there. The emotional things that you’re taking in are of your own creation.
I mean, the stoics talk a lot about this, of course, And there is some truth to this. For sure, I can be in control. So my advice advice has been given to me, give yourself a break from time to time. Life is just not that serious. It’s actually a wonderful experience but you have to choose to make it so.
You have to choose. Have some fun. Be a little bit crazy. You don’t always have to be normal. You really don’t.
And that’s true whether you’re 16 or 68. And you know what they say. You know what they say. Critical thinking is necessary especially if you’re not gonna take yourself too serious and critical thinking is great, truly great. You take care. God bless. Bye bye.