"I did not want to live what was not life. Living is so dear."-Henry David Thoreau
I love this quote, and it seems to summarize so beautifully how I have been feeling lately. I want so much to breathe each moment, and to enjoy and appreciate everything beautiful and positive around me. Our time here is so precious, and it is so easy to lose sight of the beauty that is all around. We get caught up in our day to day experiences-the jobs we tolerate but that don't satisfy, the day to day chores, the unexpected stresses. It can be difficult to find beauty when we find ourselves feeling stressed out or irritated. But it can be done, and to live a happy life, it must be done. We must not allow ourselves to be dragged down by the negative, but instead must realize that every struggle teaches us something. In every negative there may be a positive we're overlooking. Most importantly, it's important to realize that our REACTION to stress or irritation is really the key to happiness. We can become frustrated when we drop something, or we can simply bend over, pick it up, and keep going. If we allow ourselves to hyper-focus or become emotionally elevated, we are only creating an unnecessary negative situation for ourselves, and we alone will suffer from that. Would you make someone you love suffer unnecessarily?? Why is it so much easier to do it to ourselves?
This is what I hope to continue working on and improving in myself. To rise above the aggravations and continue to pursue the true meaning. After all, as Rumi reminds us, "If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?"
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