Usually when I feel the need to go on a rant, its negative. Not tonight. Tonight I feel like dropping some positives. Are you ready? Lets go. 1. Happiness is usually defined as being hard to find. Its given lush, fluttery language and high expectations. Happiness is begun with respect and awe toward the simple things, and manifests itself into completion over time. Not all happy things are based on things going your way, either. 2. Find a job you enjoy and you never truly work. This is a true sentiment, mainly because if you place yourself in an environment you enjoy, with ideals or products you have a genuine passion for, each day should end with at least one positive moment, with something to take away from it. Once again, this doesnt mean that the job wont be challenging, or that youll never have to deal with negative coworkers. But, youll feel a greater sense of reward from a hard days work when you enjoy it, instead of feeling like your life is being torn away from you, day by day. 3. Love isnt essential to a terrific life. Its a wonderful bonus considering you traverse the world with someone, as opposed to alone. However, love is something that has to also include a powerful friendship, a kinship based around trust and mutual respect. These can be challenging things to find, but if you have a great friend, or a kinship with fellow coworkers, family or strong self-respect, you can feel love just the same. Love isnt the definition of a successful life. 4. Lasting love takes work, compromise and time. Many will say that a true love should be effortless. Bullshit. Lasting love goes from choosing where to eat to choosing where to live, or any number of other stressful life choices. Without respect, the ability to compromise, effective communication and some elbow grease, the love you think will last will fail. Also, its necessary to remember that you are both equals. If you dont believe that, youve already failed. 5. Family is important only if they have earned your respect. If they cannot accept your life choices, lifestyle, orientation, religious doctrine, or anything else, or if you cannot accept theirs, youve misunderstood the meaning of family. Family supports, builds and aides, not cut down, demand or segregate. 6. Family is not relegated to birthright. If you have friends you consider family, youre closer to enlightenment. 7. Talk with purpose, but dont forget to listen. If you talk without hearing, you learn nothing. If you both speak and listen, both gain knowledge. 8. Gossip is the language of fools preoccupied with the lives of others, and blind to their own. 9. Not everybody is going to agree with you. They will not all subscribe to your beliefs, your merits, or your choices. But this is a mutual disagreement. Both should show respect, but debate to gain knowledge. 10. Casting judgement on a person based on the teachings of a book or the words of a stranger with man-given power is a foolish game. Judge based on experience, not based on doctrine. Also, judge only if confident in your ability to accept and receive the judgement of others. If you lack this confidence, your right to judge others is nullified and your words become that of a simpleton.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 04:43:25 +0000
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