Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Random Thoughts: Love and Happiness
Random Thoughts: Love and Happiness: "What can I say that hasn’t been said before? Nowadays everyone it seems has his or her own take about life, love and happiness. You would th..."
Love and Happiness
What can I say that hasn’t been said before? Nowadays everyone it seems has his or her own take about life, love and happiness. You would think that all those people out there talking about it, writing about it, dreaming about it would have figured it out by now. We are social creatures probably the most social creatures on the planet. So why is it that as a group we haven’t figured out a way to work together harmoniously to enrich each others lives. I have seen animals who have shown more compassion for a species not of it’s own then we do for one another.
I like to believe that I am a compassionate person and that I show love to others but I find that a lot of times I am not. It’s difficult to be nice to someone who isn’t being nice back and its easy to let my own problems overwhelm me. I forget that there is most likely someone else out there worse off then I am. There are so many tired clichés “There is more happiness in giving then receiving…You get more with honey then you do with vinegar” That last one was my Grandmothers favorite. She loved to quote it to me anytime she saw me losing my temper. God bless her for putting up with my ill tempered behavior. Those sayings do hold true you do feel happier when you give to others and you get more back when you show kindness but in this world you still have to take care that you don’t become a foolish doormat.
Sometimes I think it’s easier to survive a zombie apocalypse then it is to survive this world find love and to be genuinely happy. At least if you’re in a zombie apocalypse all you really have to do is be the fastest member of you’re group. When it comes to love and happiness its like trying to navigate you’re way through a maze in the dark while trying to avoid the hidden land mines. Love is often a shot in the dark and when people miss out on it they become unhappy.
Probably the most difficult thing that we as humans forget is that a lot of times what makes us happy infringes on another person's happiness. Just because it’s you’re right to do something doesn’t mean that its always wise to do it. Especially if you’re choice is at the expense of others and really isn’t that where love comes in. If you have genuine love for someone then putting the needs of that person over you're own even when it's in you're right to do as you please is in my opinion a true measure of love. Selfishness greed hate they all take away from what it is we all are trying to obtain to and that is a meaning full life filled with love and happiness.
I like to believe that I am a compassionate person and that I show love to others but I find that a lot of times I am not. It’s difficult to be nice to someone who isn’t being nice back and its easy to let my own problems overwhelm me. I forget that there is most likely someone else out there worse off then I am. There are so many tired clichés “There is more happiness in giving then receiving…You get more with honey then you do with vinegar” That last one was my Grandmothers favorite. She loved to quote it to me anytime she saw me losing my temper. God bless her for putting up with my ill tempered behavior. Those sayings do hold true you do feel happier when you give to others and you get more back when you show kindness but in this world you still have to take care that you don’t become a foolish doormat.
Sometimes I think it’s easier to survive a zombie apocalypse then it is to survive this world find love and to be genuinely happy. At least if you’re in a zombie apocalypse all you really have to do is be the fastest member of you’re group. When it comes to love and happiness its like trying to navigate you’re way through a maze in the dark while trying to avoid the hidden land mines. Love is often a shot in the dark and when people miss out on it they become unhappy.
Probably the most difficult thing that we as humans forget is that a lot of times what makes us happy infringes on another person's happiness. Just because it’s you’re right to do something doesn’t mean that its always wise to do it. Especially if you’re choice is at the expense of others and really isn’t that where love comes in. If you have genuine love for someone then putting the needs of that person over you're own even when it's in you're right to do as you please is in my opinion a true measure of love. Selfishness greed hate they all take away from what it is we all are trying to obtain to and that is a meaning full life filled with love and happiness.
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