I don't want to think about it
The world might be a little easier to deal with if problems had a schedule.
"Oh, I have that toothache waiting next week. I better set a dentist appointment."
"I almost forgot-- there's going to be a massive drop in sales with our products in the coming month. Oh well, I'll think about it tomorrow."
"I'm due for a chronic illness this December! I had better finish that puzzle I'd been putting off for years."
At the same time, it would be absurd to imagine life if it worked that way. The fear of not having things within your control or reach would not probably be as intense-- if it even existed. It would probably be the utopia we had all imagined. Would there even be a need for vacation? Stress-- what is that?
Everything would be perfectly planned and scheduled. Yes, even your problems could be shelved at the moment so that you can use your time for more important things.
But it doesn't work that way, and most likely never will, despite all the technological advancement and the knowledge we have come to learn to help make our lives easier, it never will solve the problem of the human condition.
We all want.
We all desire.
We all search for happiness.
And these things seem to come in different forms. Forms which we try to understand and value. We hope that eventually, we become wise enough to realize the kinds of things which really make us happy for much longer than anything else.
But these forms of happiness, these things we value, become the reason for living each day. The reason for making each problem we encounter worth facing. It becomes the motivation to overcome difficulties simply because it brings us closer to attaining the prize.
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Today, I somewhat surprised myself as I heard all these problems. And, coming from a short vacation-- the first vacation I've officially had in over a year-- it was awful to have my rest interrupted by these horrible thoughts and feelings.
"I don't want to think about it. Not now, please. Can I just enjoy this day?"
No. That's not the issue at all.
I can close my eyes and ears to it. I can laugh. I can cry. I can even try to run away from it all.
But it won't change the fact that the problem exists, and that I have to face it and conquer it for it to disappear.
Happiness is a choice. Your choices lead you to that happiness. If problems exist, it's only because they were meant to be overcome... to help us grow.
These battle scars remind the warrior of what he has survived... and what he is capable of.Surely, there is a way out of everything. And if there isn't, it's because it's not visible yet.
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