"If you want to be happy, be." ~ Henry David ThoreauSomeday, this Birth-week thing will take off and be as common to celebrate as birthdays are now. And I'll be responsible for starting it.
It's so easy to be happy, and not just when your birthday rolls around, but I'm still surprised at how many people find it easier to be miserable. Familiarity? Comfort zone? Laziness?
I get comments all the time about how people see that I'm "living life fully" and how I'm always doing something fun, or something cool, or how they "love my energy". Guess what? As Anais Nin puts it, "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." Simply put, you get what you give.
All of the people that seem like they're having the time of their lives really are having the time of their lives, and it's not because these events just happened to fall into their pathways. Speaking for myself, I'm usually playing hard because I've worked hard to get to the playground. Good energy begets more good energy.
Do we have bad days? Of course we do. Do unfortunate events happen to us? Of course they do. Do we feel sad? Yes. But we try to see the good in each situation and move on to create the next fortunate event.
Why is this so hard for most people to understand? I really don't have time to analyze this any further.
I'm getting some cake!!
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