An online article in Psychology Today suggests that we can feel more alive by doing something we genuinely want to do. The author says that life doesn’t always give us the opportunities to do something we genuinely want to do. In those circumstances, whenever possible we should find ways to do what we are doing in ways we want to do it. In my posts I’ve been talking about Joseph Campbell’s work. Campbell says if you want to be happy follow your bliss. You might not be rich, but you’ll be happy. I know when I am doing something I really enjoy doing I lose track of time and seem to move into a different space.
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Positive Thought for Today ~ Follow Your Heart
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.”
NOTE: Joseph Campbell, the famed mythologist and cultural anthropologist, said, “Follow your bliss.” He went on to explain if one follows his/her bliss they will be happy. And, if fate favors them, they’ll end up happy and rich. Either way they’ll be happy. Never quit, Never give up following where your heart leads you.
Positive Thought of the Day ~ Follow Your Bliss
“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.” ~
NOTE: There are lots of cultural pressure to chase wealth. Yet, chasing wealth isn’t a guarantee of happiness. When we tap into discovering our life’s true meaning we link to our destiny. We may not acquire great wealth, we will acquire great satisfaction, happiness, and personal peace. It takes heaps of courage. Here’s hoping you are following your bliss.
Poem of the Day ~ Now
Now
Robert Browning
Out of your whole life give but a moment!
All of your life that has gone before,
All to come after it,—so you ignore,
So you make perfect the present,—condense,
In a rapture of rage, for perfection’s endowment,
Thought and feeling and soul and sense—
Merged in a moment which gives me at last
You around me for once, you beneath me, above me—
Me—sure that despite of time future, time past,—
This tick of our life-time’s one moment you love me!
How long such suspension may linger? Ah, Sweet—
The moment eternal—just that and no more—
When ecstasy’s utmost we clutch at the core
While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut and lips meet!
