Day75 today will be short as the okmolgee article is very long, im having a lot of trouble trying to figure out this computer stuff, its very frustrating not knowing how to do something and not being able to figure it out, everything I try to do is usually pretty easy to figure out but it seems the more I mess with this computer the more I mess it up.
There is something that I would like to talk about just a little today and I will talk more about it tomorrow, it seems the more time I have clean the more I notice what seems to be going on around me, I feel so much different about life, my life, and as all those material items I used to want because I thought somehow my life was going to be better when I got them fade from my mind thoughts of friendship and self morality replace those material items a happiness I have never known fills my heart, and as I look around and see people who I once believed were so successful in life because of there belongings and I have to wonder, are they happy, I feel like im starting to see through a lot of fake smiles, false fronts that people put up, regular people, in order to hide their unhappiness from the world, it saddens me greatly to see so much dispair hidden behind so many smiles, we have got to find more solutions, James
Gosh, this is such a hard area but Jimmy, you are starting to see the little things in life that some people, drugs and alcohol aside, NEVER see! If one can look at themselves and really be able to point to the things in life that truely make happiness, that is the way to judge success. Stuff doesn't make you happy, you make you happy! Maybe doing certain activites makes you happy, but if you cannot see inside yourself to be truely happy it doesn't matter. I have been to the top of the Eifel Tower in Paris...all by myself...but I had myself and was happy with who I was. I have owned huge houses, lots of property, had tons of cash but I have never been happier then when I am laying in the grass looking for shooting stars with my son. It wasn't the stuff that made me happy, it was me and the people in my life that helped me to see my value above anything else. Jimmy, I am so glad you have found that small peace that allows you to see beyond the material and into true happiness. I love you!! Karin
ReplyDeleteNo, stuff doesn't make you happy. In fact, if anything, stuff can make you miserable because once you've accumulated a certain amount of stuff it begins to own you rather than the other way around. I think the happiest people in the world are the ones who are least encumbered with so much stuff. Stuff demands attention and takes up space, and that requires money, which demands your time so you you don't have as much time to spend with the stuff that was supposed to make you happier. It's a vicious circle. Better to keep it simple, and invest your time in your family and friends.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Jack