I am not very good at a consistent blogger mentality. Usually something happens that creates some deep profound or prophetic thought that I deem worthy of sharing but instead of transferring thought to paper, life carries on at rapid speed and hours turn in to days which turn in to months. This begs the question: Was it really meaningful to begin with?
Too often we tell ourselves that "If it's important I'll remember it" or "I don't remember so it must not have been that important."
But is that really the truth or is it some ploy that we have used to loosen our sense of responsibility? One less thing to remember is one less thing to worry about. But this is the wrong approach. Ignorance is not bliss.
Growing up and being an adult is not fun. It doesn't always feel freeing and happy. With freedom comes responsibility. More often than not "responsibility" is viewed as a restriction that we need to rebel against, yelling "YOLO" as we run off to the next pleasure stimulating event.
What are we missing out on? What matters the most?
If your main purpose in life is to only have fun and do things that make you feel good...then you are going to be bored. Feelings are real, they are neither right or wrong; they just are and they are also temporary.
Sometimes we let life become too routine and too ordinary. It's no surprise that we crave excitement and adventure but we go searching for it instead of realizing that just by changing how we live and our perspective, it would let us see that life itself is supposed to be the greatest adventure.
We settle for good and fail to fight for the best. We would rather let life happen and ride the waves instead of taking the initiative to make our dreams a reality.We make excuses for things that don't happen and the important meaningful things that do happen....are soon lost in the routine.
I think we need to recognize and truly see the beauty in the ups and downs. We don't always have to feel good or have no responsibilities in order to be happy. Honestly, happiness isn't the main purpose in life. Happiness is a result of pursuing something greater than ourselves.
