| True happiness is a difficult thing to come by. By true happiness, I mean a content feeling with life that is not easily overturned. A drug can get you high and numb you from negative emotions, but you will crash if you don't do more. An unstable or rushed relationship can also produce brain chemicals that make you feel happy, but the cognitive path is being overridden by infatuation. Promises are made but due to expire. What feels like the right thing to say or do may not lead you to "true" happiness directly. Romance is a lovely thing, but it is difficult to approve cautiously, and without a risk of getting hurt. Enjoyment. So we enjoy the cigarettes, the alcohol, the drugs even. When was the last time you enjoyed fresh air? If it doesn't smell poopy, I think deep breathing is underrated. Breathing itself severely underrated. When people say "take a deep breath" it is as if it is something we must be reminded to do, and we are often by then preoccupied by the situation on hand, and unable to enjoy the air- we just use it as a buffer between ourselves and our whirlwind of thoughts. Try to enjoy every breath of air, first the ones at rest, like in front of the computer while reading this. Really enjoy it though, don't treat it like a cure, but as something rewarding, like... hmm, what do most people enjoy? Food. It is a necessary part of life that we can do more than 3-5 times a day (versus eating) and if your life is truly made to be enjoyed, you might find your day a lot more relaxing. |
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