IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS #1: bAlaNcE!

in #busy6 years ago (edited)

While some consider life generally as hell, cruel or whatever negative adjective that comes to their head, usually related to the difficulties they are passing through, I believe life is a product of what you make of it.

"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savoured".
Earl Nightingale

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Life is what you make of it. Image credit:pixabay: CC0.

Yeah, I know I've not been active on steemit lately, you don't have to accuse me 'Ronan'! My friend @deanophobia07 asked me "Baba, how far steemit nau." The quick answer was "I've been busy." Well, I've truly been busy.

Like a wise old man once said...

"Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present: the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."
____Dalai Lama.

This statement, when I first saw it, made me consider life on a fundamental level and I had to adapt to balance all aspects of my life. From friends and family, work, good health and rest, to every smile I beam that some consider inconsequential, I try to live a balanced life.

Yesterday, I travelled many kilometres to see some of my high school mates I last saw 12 years ago. Someone whispered, "12 years a slave".

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High schoolmates. Image credit: @getencored

Many are slaves of the future. The future that may, or may not exist, determined by if they exist in it. I believe in making the best out of the present. Make new friends, reconnect with old friends, smile more often, try to put smiles on peoples' faces and be happy. Live a balanced life.

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Live a balanced life. Image credit: Pixabay:CC0

How busy have you been? What drives your present actions? Are you living a happy life? Have you found a balance?



Are you in need of a community to help groom your steemit adventure or mentor you into a pro writer? @promo-mentors and #steemschools are a good place to start from.

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