Our lives are filled with choices. Should we take the road less traveled, or go with the flow and just cruise along with the masses?
Sometimes these choices are relatively meaningless. Chocolate or vanilla, tweed vs. pinstripes, “which shoes go with this outfit?”
Change be uncomfortable, sometimes even scary. We humans are creatures of habit and we quickly become very accustomed to certain actions and ways of thinking.
We often tend to identify our thoughts and actions with who we are intrinsically.
That’s all well and good if we are truly happy with who we are on the inside, but what if we’re not?
Have you ever taken time out for yourself and considered what truly makes you happy?
Many of us go through life defining ourselves by our jobs, our families, our houses, or our physical bodies as what makes us happy.
Cruisin for a bruisin
Unfortunately, however, when we rely too much upon other things or people to make us happy, we are often let down and disillusioned in the long run.
The only thing that is constant in life is change. The seasons change, the weather changes, people change and your mood can change.
We all know that from early on and we just deal with it. However, have you ever stopped to consider how your life could change, if you changed the way you looked at things?
Optimism can be a very powerful tool when it comes to how you may view a singular situation, or your outlook on life in general.
Is the glass half empty, or is it half full?
Chances are, we have all heard this particular question asked before, and as simple as it seems, if you really think about it, it can be used as a metaphor for many of life’s situations that we have to deal with from time to time.