I read this yesterday and thought about all of us:
"In happiness there is more energy to expend. With misery, there is first a holding back in hesitancy and then a falling back in despair." (The Enoch Letters, Maxwell, pg 44)
I absolutely agree; energy is wasted with unhappiness. Just think how much more sleep you need when you are sad. As a single person pretty much all of our time is discretionary time, meaning we get to pick how to spend it. Some of you might take issue with this, might want to argue all the things that you have to do. I don't doubt that there are plenty of things that you need to do in a day. We all have obligations and responsibilities; some work, school, church, family, or even social. However, we really do get to choose what we do. School or work, exercise or lounge, read or go to the movies, I could go on. The point is we pick how to use our time and we pick if we waste our energy feeling sad about the few things that aren't discretionary. There are always going to be things we can't change, can't control, and can't choose but that doesn't mean that we can't change, can't control, can't choose our attitude about it.
Take some time think about where you could tighten your belt, budget your emotions so that you can better distribute your time. I promise when you kick out the unnecessary, unproductive thoughts and feelings that waste so much time and energy you will be surprised how more you have. Don't waste what you've got feeling sad about what you don't have. You have more then you know and the more you focus on what you have the more you will learn about who you are and what you really have the resources to accomplish.
The world spins madly on, don't let your self be hesitant or kicked back in despair. Move on, move forward, and as my mom would say, find your happy face.
-Not Desperate in SLC
Applicable songs:--- (I am linking for the sake of the music, not the video. Sometimes I can't find the actual music video so I just use what I can find.)
World Spins Madly On: The Weepies
The Heart of Life: John Mayer
Joyful Girl: Ani Difranco
1 comment:
i love that you link to songs at the end of some of these posts! because for most of us what we're listening to really helps define our mood and sometimes even our outlook. (like that time when my brother was obsessed with bright eyes and got really depressed, addicted to energy drinks, lost 20 pounds and learned how to play the guitar.)
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