Life Version: Mine
I had a random conversation with a friend yesterday about naps. He was saying how much he loved to take them because he had such vivid dreams. He loved the feeling of being in a dream - the experiences, the happiness, the creativity. It got me thinking, I get that out of life! No wonder why I hate taking naps!!
I literally wake up every morning EXCITED to be alive. No really, it might take me a cup of coffee to be able to formulate a sentence, but I literally wake up every. single. day. with exhiliration! My reality is way better than anything I can dream of.
So many of us fear death - but my fear is not living life. I spent SOOoooooo long being a terribly unhappy person, that feeling this alive is like being born again. We waste all this energy doing things we don't like to do, because it makes other people happy ... and it's the "right" thing to do. Eff the "right" thing to do. We were only told it is the right thing because the people before us HAD to do it, and I'm sure they were miserable doing it too. And the part about making other people happy? People are happy when you're happy, and if they're not happy that you're happy were they really a good friend anyway?
Break the habit. You're sitting there right now reading this and saying - yeah that might be nice ... maybe one day. Make that some day TODAY. Do you realize that one day you are going to die? Yes, you. We all sit here and think we are the ONE person on the planet that is going to live forever. WAKE UP PEOPLE! Stop fearing death, and start living life. Of course you don't know when you're going to die, that's what's so grand about life is that it's not our job to know when! We just have to live in the present moment and ENJOY IT.
Spending even one minute of your life being unhappy is a terrible waste. Life has to meet your expectations of it. The more you do what feels right, the more things will fall into place for you. It's not your job to figure out how it's going to happen - you just have to show up and be open to the experiences at hand. Follow your passion!! It is your passion for a reason! It makes you happy!!
Here's a pretty clear way to find out if you're following your passion:
When someone asks you how long you've been doing what you do, what is your response?
A) 6 months - 1 year
B) 1-5 years
C) All my life
If your answer isn't C "All my life" get off your @ss and start following your passion. I don't know what the hell I say I do in life, because I don't even know how to describe it. The easiest explination is that I work in social media - but I also am social media. We are one, I am it and it is me. This has been me my entire life, I just didn't know what it was called.
Let this act as a wake up call, stop hitting the snooze on your happiness. I am just one person doing what I believe in. What do you believe in?