Hello, friends. I hope you are having a wonderful Friday.
I’m in one of those rare moods where I am completely satisfied with life. Literally everything is going in a positive direction (discounting the whole COVID situation, obviously). There’s a satisfying calm to it all, and no anxiety to speak of. Even the stress from work has dissipated, though it’s not like the workload has tapered off. If I can bottle up this feeling forever, that would be lovely.
That’s impossible, of course. Life is going to have its ups and downs, try as we might to smooth it out so that the valleys don’t hurt as much. It helps to have the ability to be content with whatever life throws at you, good or bad, big or small. If you can’t be happy with just a cup of coffee, you’re not going to happy sitting on a yacht. If you’re sad at the smallest misfortune, then the big disaster will utterly ruin you.
It helps to be in a state of not wanting anything, to be happy with what you already have. Easier said than done, I know. I’m afflicted with car enthusiasm, so I’m always on the lookout for the new and exciting. But, if I didn’t have the car I currently own, I’d be pining for that. It’s an endless cycle of chasing after novelty. As someone who have spent six-figures on a sports car, I think I’m qualified to say: the material stuff is never going to make you any happier.
You have to be happy and satisfied with what’s already there.
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