happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
A Walk In My Mind.
As I start to slowly wake up. To the loud chirping sounds of the birds outside my window. As Mother Nature is waking up the world. I stretch real big like a little kid. I roll over, and kiss my husbands cheek. He then just smiles. So I kiss his soft warm lips. I jump out of bed. Humming my favorite songs as I’m getting ready for the day. I go make a cup of coffee. Then proceed to my bedroom. I look at my self in the mirror as I’m sipping the warm coffee. I just stand there and look thinking, feeling. Sometimes life feels heavy.
By Cortnie Steele5 years ago in Motivation
Self Love, Passion, and Depression
About six months ago I thought I was happy, I thought I had found what I wanted to do in life. I had just gotten into EMT school and that was the first step in the career I wanted to be in, so I thought. Then once that semester was over I got a job at an ambulance company and that was my second step in achieving my goal to be a flight medic. I worked at that company for about three and a half months before I started to get this depressed feeling. Now by this time I had failed my national exam to become an EMT and was only a first responder at this company which means I was just a driver. I thought that this job was not right for me and sitting around for twelve hours a day waiting for a call was the source of my depression and the reason I was so unmotivated to do things. After I quit, I started to figure out that the job was not the source at all. I went back full time at the restaurant I was working at and thought that feeling of depression would go away and for a little while it did until it came back. I started arguing with my boyfriend a little more and was negative about a lot of things. I finally realized that the source of my depression was myself. I found that I didn’t really love myself and who I was anymore. I didn’t tell anyone about the way I was feeling until recently. I want to take back my life and get back to loving myself again. When I talk about loving myself I don’t just mean physically but mentally too. I have let my mind go and it is a constant battle of what am I going to do now. I feel as if I have no real purpose in life anymore and no I don’t mean that in a suicidal stand point but in a stand still point of view. I need to step out of my comfort zone to somehow find my motivation, courage, and drive in life. I sit back and really think about what I have in life and I mean I am thankful I have a roof over my head and food to eat but the only people I really have is my loving but small family, my best friend, and my boyfriend. I don’t talk to many people, so I guess I’m more of an introvert and I haven’t found any hobbies that I am passionate about. I write every so often but it’s mostly to get things off my chest and mind. I am not sure what to do anymore. I think I need to get away from life for a bit and focus more on my selfcare and really learn to love myself because how can someone else love me if I am so stuck in my own pity world. I can’t even express how I feel anymore I just end up crying about everything because I feel that there is so much pressure in my head that I can’t even explain why I am feeling the way I do. For the past few days in the morning I have been listening to speeches about selflove and passions and it has opened my eyes quite a bit, but how am I supposed to achieve that. I feel like this is my first step, acknowledging how I feel and getting it out of my head because it feels like I am drowning. I want to find my purpose, my love, my drive, my passion, and learn to love again. The only thing, is that it all starts with finding myself first.
By Angel Allsop5 years ago in Motivation
Thank You
I am aware that I am going through a tough time because I take care of myself well to know. I won't have the answers to the questions I'm asking right now but it's okay. I am living my answers and I am grateful to have the opportunity to do that. I appreciate my body that has been healthy enough to go places and do things that I want without aching. I am lucky to have the chance at trying things that I have yet to discover. Those endless possibilities are so fascinating. There's more to this, sincerely from me to me.
By Naomi5 years ago in Motivation
Afternoon Memoir
It was cold, just like it is now. And it was late in the afternoon, just like it is now. I had bought a small quiche and some salad, like any weekday when I found myself not wanting to cook. A ham and cheese quiche. I even remember the taste of the crust. I was probably on my way to the hardware store two blocks away from the apartment. It was this tiny place- like all other places nearby, to be honest. No one had more than 30 square feet of property, as far as I can remember. And perhaps that’s why it felt so nice; every store was its own little world. And you know me, I hate shopping, so you’d find me all over the place. Supermarket, butcher shop, that small cheese and cold meats place. I probably wandered around the flea market too, but it’s hard to shop for furniture when you live in a rented studio apartment.
By Luciana Schreier5 years ago in Motivation
TOP 10 Habits That Will Make Your Life Happier
To ensure that you always keep a smile on your face, you must work hard at it. Keep repeating that this mantra: there is no such thing as a bad life, but only a bad day. To help you in your pursuit of happiness, you must inculcate this top ten habits in your life:
By Emma Williams5 years ago in Motivation
This Time Around
Life itself is a questionable event. We question the why of life on a daily basis. The good, the bad and all of the in betweens. Why things happened or not. Are things going to happen or are they Life itself is a questionable event. We question the why of life on a daily basis. The good, the bad and all of the in betweens. Why things happened or not. Are things going to happen or are they not? We can get so caught up in the past and future that we forget about today. Today is the catalyst for tomorrow but putting all of your energy into tomorrow encapsulates the present of the right now. This gift is held captive, being put on a shelf until every day after but what if tomorrow never comes? At the end of life imagine all of these days sitting on a shelf collecting dust. Never opened. Would they seem mediocre now or would you want to enthusiastically unwrapp them? You’d want to breathe in every minute of everyday. Each moment would be absolutely precious! The price of life is priceless. Never let the cost of right now seem too minuscule. Never let today be undervalued because it is the highest ticketed item that we could ever receive. Stay hopeful for tomorrow but the anticipation of living should never remain there. The word life itself should end with a permanent question mark, never a period. Let life flow. Enjoy the now.
By Angela Fosnaugh5 years ago in Motivation
5 Surprising Health Benefits of Gratitude
Thanksgiving isn't the only time you should practice gratitude. However, many studies have found there are many benefits to making gratitude a year-round habit. To enjoy the many mental and physical benefits of gratitude all it takes is a little bit of introspection. Here are five surprising benefits you can gain from developing an attitude of gratitude.
By ISMAEL ORTIZ5 years ago in Motivation
Who are you, really?
After high school, I worked two jobs in the summer -- I was an entry writer by data and a waitress at a sushi restaurant by night. Soon, I entered college where I took vigorous classes and held positions within various organizations. When second semester came around and I felt like I hadn't taken on enough, I joined ten different organizations. Clearly, I've always had the tendency to stay busy, sometimes to the point that I feel overwhelmed.
By Flo ;)5 years ago in Motivation
Dear...
Dear Anger, Dude ... you really need to chill. You show up at the most inopportune times. Sometimes out of nowhere. I mean really, there's no need for your behavior. Yeah I get it, you think your actions are justified but are they really? You need to stop behaving so badly. It makes you look like a real shitty emotion. Like you can't control yourself. I know you are better than that. You show up over the littlest of things sometimes and cause me to say things I later regret. That's just not fair to me. Remember when you got me so upset because the laundry wasn't done, that I didn't speak to the boys for 2 days? WOW you are truly selfish. It wouldn't have even gotten that far if you had minded your own business. I think you need to keep yourself in check and the next time you choose to pop up out of nowhere and puff out your chest, you need to channel all that energy into something else. Get a hobby ... go meditate or just chill by yourself. Turn all that negative into a positive. Because honestly, I won't keep looking like an asshole because you don't know how to behave.
By Gail S.5 years ago in Motivation
