Be happy for every second that you have! Cheers! ;)
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Happy New Year!
In a few days we enter 2008. I wish you all a Happy New Year! May 2008 give us as mush excitement as 2007.
Monday, December 10, 2007
A self-discovery journey!
Yesterday I realised that this blog has been a self-discovery journey. The more I think about it the more I feel like this blog was a search for self or a discovery of self. As you can see there is an obvious progress and change in my posts. I started rather scared about the world we live in, but now I don't feel that way anymore. I've gone past that.
This search has not stooped, but now I can see the beginning of a result. Last year I said that I had no real goal with this blog, but you see, it has and had one. Existence makes purpose possible. I did not know why I made this blog, but its existence gave it purpose.
It was never about the world I lived in, but about me. That might sound a bit selfish, but I find it to be the truth. Selfish is to want to change the world thinking that you are better. This reminds me of what someone said once: We are not here to change the world. We are here so that the world can change us!
I think this change is more visible for me by having this blog. It's just like having a journal and reading what you wrote years back. You will feel the difference. Right now I do not know what the future of this blog looks like since I feel that it did what it had to do. This does not mean an end, but a new beginning.
I don't really feel like writing anymore about things related to our selfish world and its flaws. That I can't change. Writing about it, before, was a way for me to express my dissatisfaction with the way things were. Now I think its more important for me to accept the world I live in and learn from its flaws. The only thing I can change is me and hopefully I can make my world better. There is no way I can change the world. Since the world does not want change, some people want to suffer, its their choice, I have to respect that.
As for this blog, it was and is a wonderful gift. I find it amazing how your own words can lift you up. I suggest to everyone to start writing, it is a great way to knowing yourself.
Here are some beautiful quotations about self:
To the question of your life you are the answer, and to the problems of your life you are the solution. Joe Cordare
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. Thomas Szasz
When your heart speaks, take good notes. Judith Campbell
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. Dr. Alexis Carrel
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. George Moore
He who knows others is learned; He who knows himself is wise. Lao-tzu
Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes. Hugh Prather
Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out. Bob Moawad
There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. Josephine Hart
This search has not stooped, but now I can see the beginning of a result. Last year I said that I had no real goal with this blog, but you see, it has and had one. Existence makes purpose possible. I did not know why I made this blog, but its existence gave it purpose.
It was never about the world I lived in, but about me. That might sound a bit selfish, but I find it to be the truth. Selfish is to want to change the world thinking that you are better. This reminds me of what someone said once: We are not here to change the world. We are here so that the world can change us!
I think this change is more visible for me by having this blog. It's just like having a journal and reading what you wrote years back. You will feel the difference. Right now I do not know what the future of this blog looks like since I feel that it did what it had to do. This does not mean an end, but a new beginning.
I don't really feel like writing anymore about things related to our selfish world and its flaws. That I can't change. Writing about it, before, was a way for me to express my dissatisfaction with the way things were. Now I think its more important for me to accept the world I live in and learn from its flaws. The only thing I can change is me and hopefully I can make my world better. There is no way I can change the world. Since the world does not want change, some people want to suffer, its their choice, I have to respect that.
As for this blog, it was and is a wonderful gift. I find it amazing how your own words can lift you up. I suggest to everyone to start writing, it is a great way to knowing yourself.
Here are some beautiful quotations about self:
To the question of your life you are the answer, and to the problems of your life you are the solution. Joe Cordare
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. Thomas Szasz
When your heart speaks, take good notes. Judith Campbell
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. Dr. Alexis Carrel
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. George Moore
He who knows others is learned; He who knows himself is wise. Lao-tzu
Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes. Hugh Prather
Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out. Bob Moawad
There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. Josephine Hart
Sunday, November 25, 2007
I am alive!
Yeah, I am not dead! Sorry for not posting more often, life took me by surprise and left me with no time to write here. Ok, that is a lie. There was time, but not the mood to make me feel like writing. New place. It took a while to make me feel comfortable enough to write again.
Anyhow, many new things in my life. I am learning Japanese for one. That is really something totally different from what I am used to. But it is lots of fun, I advice everybody to try new, strange languages as a hobby. It's just fun.
So what else? Well, I'm doing yoga exercises. I never believed that something so simple can be so healthy. It's just stretching, but after two months now of yoga, I can definitely say that my body looks different and so much better. I feel better. I look in the mirror at my body and I am pleased with what I see. Right now each time I look in the mirror, I get in a really good mood by watching my body take new shapes. So yes, I really recommend it. You do not need to do it every day, but at least once a week. It would be good to start doing it for 3 to 4 days a week at the beginning.
Today I finished a book about happiness. Almost 200 pages talking about happiness. It was such a good read. Made me happy. Funny isn't it? The answer is so simple. All you need to be happy is you. Nothing else. The rest are things that you can enjoy and be happy about, but in no way should they control your life and happiness. Another important thing is for you to realize that you do not own anything, not even your body. Since you will die one day. Nothing is permanent and you should not seek security, but be happy about every change in your life.
Do not try to have more money, more fame, more, more of everything. These things all die in the end and have no value. These things should not control your happiness. Never condition your happiness with things like: "If I don't have that Ferrari I will never be happy!" First of all be happy with what you have, and if you will be given more or you will earn more be happy again and share it with others.
Never let your happiness be controlled by unfulfilled desires and goals or by fulfilled desires and goals. Happiness must not be conditioned by anything, it should be independent and unconditional. Failure should not make you sad. Why be sad, you just learn a new thing and next time you will be better at it. Never give up, never. A person that does not fail, is a person that never takes risks and never tries to push his limits.
What do people search in life? Happiness. But the way to it takes so many shapes, as many as are people on this planet. Many search for happiness outside of them in things like money, cars, women, power, etc. The thing is that happiness is not outside of you, it is inside. Just like love. Search for happiness in your heart and soul. In your inner peace. When you are pleased with who you are, then you will be happy. But how can you be pleased with yourself when you always want more, more, more and you don't stop for a second and try to see what you have and who you are. Be happy for what you are before wanting to have more. Since if you are happy it does not matter if you will have more or less. Happiness should never be conditioned by things like "more" or "less".
If you are alive, if you have enough food and water to survive, if you have a person to talk to, if you have a pet to love and a place where to sleep then all the other things you will have should be just other gifts that life gave you and you should be the happiest man alive. Happiness asks for simple things to exist. So simple that almost everyone on this Earth have them. But why so many are sad? There is a mentality problem here. A social and cultural one. If we see money when thinking about happiness, then we will fail in every aspect of our life.
Do not condition your life and happiness with material things, they will all let you down. You will never stay young, rich, powerful, etc. Real values and the things that matter are invisible. Love, happiness, affection, respect, altruism, friendship, etc. These are things that matter, are beyond our world and are universal.
Anyhow, many new things in my life. I am learning Japanese for one. That is really something totally different from what I am used to. But it is lots of fun, I advice everybody to try new, strange languages as a hobby. It's just fun.
So what else? Well, I'm doing yoga exercises. I never believed that something so simple can be so healthy. It's just stretching, but after two months now of yoga, I can definitely say that my body looks different and so much better. I feel better. I look in the mirror at my body and I am pleased with what I see. Right now each time I look in the mirror, I get in a really good mood by watching my body take new shapes. So yes, I really recommend it. You do not need to do it every day, but at least once a week. It would be good to start doing it for 3 to 4 days a week at the beginning.
Today I finished a book about happiness. Almost 200 pages talking about happiness. It was such a good read. Made me happy. Funny isn't it? The answer is so simple. All you need to be happy is you. Nothing else. The rest are things that you can enjoy and be happy about, but in no way should they control your life and happiness. Another important thing is for you to realize that you do not own anything, not even your body. Since you will die one day. Nothing is permanent and you should not seek security, but be happy about every change in your life.
Do not try to have more money, more fame, more, more of everything. These things all die in the end and have no value. These things should not control your happiness. Never condition your happiness with things like: "If I don't have that Ferrari I will never be happy!" First of all be happy with what you have, and if you will be given more or you will earn more be happy again and share it with others.
Never let your happiness be controlled by unfulfilled desires and goals or by fulfilled desires and goals. Happiness must not be conditioned by anything, it should be independent and unconditional. Failure should not make you sad. Why be sad, you just learn a new thing and next time you will be better at it. Never give up, never. A person that does not fail, is a person that never takes risks and never tries to push his limits.
What do people search in life? Happiness. But the way to it takes so many shapes, as many as are people on this planet. Many search for happiness outside of them in things like money, cars, women, power, etc. The thing is that happiness is not outside of you, it is inside. Just like love. Search for happiness in your heart and soul. In your inner peace. When you are pleased with who you are, then you will be happy. But how can you be pleased with yourself when you always want more, more, more and you don't stop for a second and try to see what you have and who you are. Be happy for what you are before wanting to have more. Since if you are happy it does not matter if you will have more or less. Happiness should never be conditioned by things like "more" or "less".
If you are alive, if you have enough food and water to survive, if you have a person to talk to, if you have a pet to love and a place where to sleep then all the other things you will have should be just other gifts that life gave you and you should be the happiest man alive. Happiness asks for simple things to exist. So simple that almost everyone on this Earth have them. But why so many are sad? There is a mentality problem here. A social and cultural one. If we see money when thinking about happiness, then we will fail in every aspect of our life.
Do not condition your life and happiness with material things, they will all let you down. You will never stay young, rich, powerful, etc. Real values and the things that matter are invisible. Love, happiness, affection, respect, altruism, friendship, etc. These are things that matter, are beyond our world and are universal.
Look deep into your heart and discover yourself. In you are all the answers to your questions. Stop looking outside and look inside. Life will guide you in this jurney. All you need is the will to want to see who you really are. The rest is happiness.
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