For most of life, nothing wonderful happens.
If you don’t enjoy getting up and working
And finishing your work
And sitting down to a meal with fam or friends,
Then the chances are you’re not
Going to be very happy.
If someone bases her happiness
On major events like a great job,
Huge amounts of money,
A flawlessly happy marriage
Or a trip to Paris, That person
Isn’t going to be happy much of the time.
If, on the other hand,
Happiness depends on a good breakfast,
Flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap,
Then we are likely to live,
With quite a bit of happiness.”(Andy Rooney)
On Friday Cj told me,
“Let’s just stop waiting & live.”
We have so many things in the pipeline
That he saw that we’d slowly suspended life
Pending their outcome.
And life is jealous. It won’t wait to be prioritized.
It spins on in its beautiful, dizzying way,
With or without you. Meanwhile,
You’re aging like an open apple in the sun
Wasting your chance to enjoy its offerings.
Waiting for the fulfillment of big dreams,
Dreams that’ll only call you to chase bigger ones
What’s the point?
Kobe’s death highlighted my life’s fragility.
If the healthy, wealthy & wise,
Have no control of the outcomes,
It reinforces our own helplessness. •
“Since happiness heard your name,
It has been running through the streets
Trying to find you.” (Rumi)
Meet joy halfway.