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| My-16: And Now For Something Completely Different | Entry #290923 |
And Now For Something Completely Different: Happiness.
Since accepting God as My Lord, my world has become less complicated. By rejecting all other aspects of Life that fall short of my clear-sighted goals, what remains is absolute.
Rejecting what is truly unimportant, leaves room for everything else. Brooding about what might or should have been can age a soul and disallow the possibilities for success. Taken a step further, a soul can regress. Starting with a fresh canvas, this artist is inclined to re-invent her style. The brush strokes are all made with deliberate motion and forethought, and yet patterns still emerge that are blueprinted inside. However, subtle highlights and shifting nuances can mean the difference between a masterpiece and a strike off of the original piece.
Most of us seek to control the image that is projected, but fail to realize what rises to the surface is just a facade. The physical aspects of life are often the most deceptive parts of our existence and certainly hold the highest potential for disappointment. At best, it’s a fleeting attempt at perfecting a flawed existence. And yet, life on earth is essentially driven by materialism. Humans are indeed products of our environments. Striving to overcome the human condition is our real task. Desensitizing ourselves to the superficial aspects of life is not an easy process, but does grant a connection to our core identities – the ones we all begin with at birth.
And so what does all of this have to do with happiness? For me, everything. Since coming to terms with my God relationship, I’ve also come to terms with how to nurture it. That means, choosing responsibly who and what I embrace while alive. We all make conscious choices about our priorities every day. It’s easy to believe we are happy, but can we truly feel the happiness? And then the question arises, what makes you happy? Is it conditioned on pleasing other people in our lives? If so, who is really happy? And the extreme of this is selfishness, which also precludes true happiness. Balance is a tricky exercise, however mastering it can be extremely empowering. Once achieved, nothing less will suffice.
So for me, happiness means balance. Now my days and nights are motivated by achieving and maintaining the balance. This makes me happy.
To facilitate this, I most often let God run the show and I follow His lead. When I am unsure of a particular direction, He eventually surfaces to dignify or shun my choices. Validation is quite easy to recognize and disapproval glares like a naked light bulb in a darkened room.
At one desperate time in my life, I literally begged for God to intercede because the situation was intolerable. My prayers were answered with an angel. To my amazement, I soon discovered the angel needed me as much as I needed him. The signs and roadmaps leading to him were fairly obvious. My first instincts buried the truth, yet the truth of the situation could not be denied. So now, this angel and I co-exist in a relationship that strives everyday for the balance – above and beyond everything else.
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