This is the last post in the being happy series, and as such, it is by far the most important one.
Learn to let go, learn to move on. I've said this earlier in the series, but i'll say it again. "what happened happened and couldn't have happened any other way.". this time, there is no single concept that i will tell you about, there is no new idea, whether difficult to implement or easy. this is simply the accumulation of everything i told you, and condensing it into one simple idea. the past is the past, it happened for a reason, whether we like that reason or not, whether we accept it or not. it already happened, nothing can change it. what can change however is the future.
Yet the future is still to come, we can't just keep looking ahead at a mirage, a shadow of what we want in life, that may very well not come into existence. No, the future is as useless as the past. we are not alone in the world, let alone the universe. everything that everyone else does will affect your decisions, actions, and life. how can you rely on a future that you can not control all by yourself. The future is as useless as the past.
Now is what matters. your actions now are the ones that will affect both you, and those around you. the present is all we can rely upon, it's what we can change, what we can affect, what we can reach out and grab, to hold or to dispose of, but the present is ours. it is called the present for a reason.
I have had three life changing experiences. two of them were full of fear, doubt, and a sense of defeat. the other, full of joy and delight. and although the feelings i had during each one was very different, i still remember my feelings during those periods. even the feelings of fear and doubt, and i love them. you might say this is sadistic, but it isn't. i simply love how these events have shaped me into what i am, how can i hate the very thing that made me who i am today. but in anyway, that was the past, toiling in it will not change anything. and thus, i use those feelings to push me forward, keep me afloat, and learning from my mistakes. it is the love of the things that hurt you, that will set you free from their grasp.
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and by that, we reach the end of the being happy series. i hope you have enjoyed it, and i hope that you were affected by it, or learned something new from it. even if you disagree with what i said, at least now you know why i do what i do.
Learn to let go, learn to move on. I've said this earlier in the series, but i'll say it again. "what happened happened and couldn't have happened any other way.". this time, there is no single concept that i will tell you about, there is no new idea, whether difficult to implement or easy. this is simply the accumulation of everything i told you, and condensing it into one simple idea. the past is the past, it happened for a reason, whether we like that reason or not, whether we accept it or not. it already happened, nothing can change it. what can change however is the future.
Yet the future is still to come, we can't just keep looking ahead at a mirage, a shadow of what we want in life, that may very well not come into existence. No, the future is as useless as the past. we are not alone in the world, let alone the universe. everything that everyone else does will affect your decisions, actions, and life. how can you rely on a future that you can not control all by yourself. The future is as useless as the past.
Now is what matters. your actions now are the ones that will affect both you, and those around you. the present is all we can rely upon, it's what we can change, what we can affect, what we can reach out and grab, to hold or to dispose of, but the present is ours. it is called the present for a reason.
I have had three life changing experiences. two of them were full of fear, doubt, and a sense of defeat. the other, full of joy and delight. and although the feelings i had during each one was very different, i still remember my feelings during those periods. even the feelings of fear and doubt, and i love them. you might say this is sadistic, but it isn't. i simply love how these events have shaped me into what i am, how can i hate the very thing that made me who i am today. but in anyway, that was the past, toiling in it will not change anything. and thus, i use those feelings to push me forward, keep me afloat, and learning from my mistakes. it is the love of the things that hurt you, that will set you free from their grasp.
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and by that, we reach the end of the being happy series. i hope you have enjoyed it, and i hope that you were affected by it, or learned something new from it. even if you disagree with what i said, at least now you know why i do what i do.
The part when you said: "how can you rely on a future that you can not control all by yourself." Just ruined the whole post! On the contrary, how can i trust a present made by me (a human being who's bound to failure and disgrace) and ignore the hope I'm given for a future promised by a God who's honest saying: "I give you a life and a future?!" I disagree... a past of sin, disappointment and transgressions; a present that's sometimes good and sometimes bad can never compare to me to a future entrusted by the Almighty who's the reason i live in the first place (and believe it, to me, that's a very good thing... to live). N.B: i dont believe we even make our present... like i was trying to explain that other day, my life is not my own.
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