life is beautiful if you know how to live it.

ilovesmoke (48)in #life • 6 years ago

Maybe many of us have moments in which we look at the meaning of life (however philosophical it may sound) and what can make it more beautiful. We are inevitably confronted with grievances, inconveniences, annoyances, but also with beautiful, unforgettable moments.

We all want to be happy, healthy, loved, to look good, to be well-off, respectful and admired, but very few do something to get all this. Before we ask why we are not happy, wealthy, healthy, etc., maybe we should ask what we should do to change the situation we are in.

Most of the time, at the question "What do you want from life?", You will get the answer Happiness, Health and Money. But the most appropriate question would be "What are you willing to do to get what you want from life?"

Everyone wants a well-paid job and financial stability, but not everyone is willing to spend endless hours at work for one's job. We seek wealth, but we do not assume the risks and sacrifices that this implies.

We want to meet the half and live happily ever after, but we have the temptation of rejection, suffering and drama. Happiness involves sacrifices, and all negative experiences are needed to understand and discover what happiness really means to each of us.

Many want an enviable physique, but they are not willing to submit to "adequate" nutrition or "visits" to the gym. We complain, but we do nothing about it.

Others want to become successful entrepreneurs, but if someone else could risk them in their place would be perfect. You can not know success without getting to appreciate and understand the risk, the insecurity, the failures and the power to pass over them to become better and better.

Every time we want something from life, we will have to assume the costs involved: risks, failures, exhausting work, suffering and much more.

And more than that, when we learn to appreciate what we have, when we give up wickedness, criticism, useless judgments when we enjoy every thing and fight to get what we want without trampling anyone , things will be much simpler. A simple smile or a good word, a thank you or a gesture of goodwill without waiting for anything in return can make life more beautiful and a better world.

As I said, life is beautiful if you know how to live it.

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