I know people who go on holiday in a rush,
complete it in a hurry, and come back to their jobs to rest up. They spend many
stressful days packing, dislike the plane trip, obsess over the defects in
their accommodation, and resent the locals for being different.
Isn’t the holiday in every minute?
Happy people make the most of every minute.
They enjoy the plane ride. If they hate
flying, they take a book, arrange some food, or talk to their neighbours. If they don’t like the room they are
given, they accept it or ask to be transferred. They get to know people that
are different than them. They make every meal and every walk an attraction.
They make it fun.
Life can be likened to taking a holiday.
Some people are waiting to be happy until
they get to the main attraction.
They think they will be happy when they get
married, or when they have children, or when the children are grown. There are two problems with this.
They overlook the experiences they are
having now. Someone waiting to get married might not value the experiences of
making new friends. They feel dating is a failure if it does not find them “the
one.”
The other problem is that waiting to be
happy can put too much pressure on the event itself. What if you put your life
on hold until you get married and then it fails? It is too risky and it is
unnecessary.
Life should be fun now.
Every day can be special if you just do
something different and special.
Go a different way to work. Eat somewhere
new. Call someone you haven’t spoken to for a while. Do something different.
Even just brushing your teeth with the other hand. It wakes up your brain and
gets you out of a rut.
Have fun now.
See the roses, not the thorns. Dance in the
rain. Laugh at chaos. Make your own fun.
William H Sheldon says that “Happiness is
essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one directionally,
without regret or reservation..”
Enjoy the journey.
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