I was just thinking. You and I are a lot alike. Life is a dance and it requires a partner, so you and I seem to always be looking for partners. But you know what? Nothing lasts forever. Love may be one of those things that is ever present, but relationships never last forever. One of us is going to die in the end, and who knows if it lives on when you get to the other side. I have been trying to live in the now. It is hard. Mainly because at this moment, I want to be with someone else. But I can't, for various reasons. So what do I do in the meantime? I fill my time. I fill it with chores, work, other people, TV. But that is not living in this moment, happy with this moment.
Shamanic Principle number 5 states that love is being happy with someone or something. Love is something you are; not something you are in.
You and I need to strive for this. We need to be happy with ourselves. Now I see you over there thinking “I’ve been alone for so long.” Well, yeah. But are you happy with you? Are you the way you want to be?
I think about this question often these days. Is who I am now who I really want to be?
The answer to the question, for me, waivers every day. Yesterday, I was very happy with who I was. I had a great day. And I had a great day because I shared it with other people. I have come to find that I love sharing what I do. That is why I do what I do. I like to be around people—not all the time, but most of the time. I like interacting with them. I love sharing their experiences, I love laughing, I love the total enjoyment of bonding over food, jokes, movies, games, LIFE.
I love life. So perhaps what I am happy with most is living. And I think that from now on, I am going to stop sitting on my couch and waiting for life to come to me. I am going to go out and live it. Care to join me?
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