Have you ever just thought about everything you have to determine whether or not you are truly happy? This past weekend I picked up things I didn't get when I moved out from my parents and honestly, I didn't miss anything of what I had. None of my possessions really made me happier, despite the fact that I really did want them at the time I bought them. Why? Why do things only make us happy for a while, then they become more nostalgic and pretty much an illusion of happiness. I moved out of a huge 3,000 square foot house and bought my own house, hardly over a third the size of my old one and I'm just as happy in it as I was in my old house. Stuff is just an illusion of wealth really. If I had nothing expectations would be so low anything would make me a little happier. Now that I have much more than nothing, how much more do I want now? What's the amount of money that will make me happy now?
Really, stuff is just a band-aid for your happiness. You have to discover yourself to be happy. You need to be willing to ask yourself deeper questions in order to find out who you are. Most people never will, because when they put on band-aids they ignore the underlying problem.
Do you use band-aids, or are you working on fixing what's underneath?
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