How To: See The Little Things

This morning I woke up realizing a very important lesson all over again... See that's the thing about lessons...its not just something you learn once and then walk away from. Its something that you learn, and continue to expand in order to find deeper meanings and ensure that history is not repeated. With that being said, this morning I revisited finding happiness in the little things. Now I know that this is something that people harp on time and time again, but what's interesting, is that while people can talk about this as much as they want, for some reason people still don't do this correctly.

I feel like we all are inherently selfish beings. That sounds rude and cynical, but its very true. We never want to do something that will put us at harm and if something requires us to stretch our comfort we automatically have a resistance. This isn't something to be ashamed of honestly...we all have to maintain homeostasis -- even beyond the biological meaning. What I am trying to get at, is that YES we are selfish beings by definition, but does achieving our happiness have to be a selfish adventure as well? Let me explain. I feel like people do not realize that happiness is not something that is given to you. Nor can you create it alone. If that were true, we would all become hobbits with no desire to make human interactions. Creating happiness in your life begins inside yourself, but it is finished when you project your beautifully created vibes to the people around you. For example, when I'm alone I live for talking to strangers. (younger kids don't try this at home!) Just randomly sitting next to people in coffee shops, eating lunch with the single person in the corner, learning someone else's story, projecting my beautifully created vibes like a prism reaching every possible receptor in my range of light. While this calls for a more extroverted personality, there's an idea that I am trying to get through here. Creating happiness is essentially a give and take situation. You find the seed inside yourself, you plant it in others, and then you watch your garden blossom. This garden does require grooming and maintenance, but I assure you that it will bring you the most beautiful sites, even on your worst days. You are the gardener, take pride in your work! Take a moment to explore the leaves, the branches, the flowers. Everything in your life is a product of what you make of it. Meaning that your happiness is in your own hands!

To conclude, we live in a busy world. We have appointments stretching for miles, we accumulate hours upon hours of work, we go to school, we do homework, we maintain a healthy and functional home, we maintain relationships, we go out with friends, we sleep, we do it all.... 24 hours. That's all we are given. And at night we lay in our beds wishing we did more, wishing we had a greater meaning. Wishing is okay for a daydreamer, but it is also our kryptonite. Daydreaming keeps reality and our visions in mind -- wishing does not. Wishing causes us to revert to our selfish beginnings. We cannot wish for happiness to enter our lives, we have to be willing to go out of our comfort zones to discover new lands. And in these new lands we will set up a new home, create new gardens, and let our beautifully created vibes shower the people around us AND let others shower us. Conceptually, we began as a seed. Our vines need nourishment, our roots need foundation, our leaves need pruning. Maybe we should start letting water in, letting light into our lives. Only then can we blossom -- only then can we see the little things.