Life Is About Living. Contributed by @Olawalium
A lot of people are too serious about life. They take life too serious that they miss out on all the good things about life. They feel life has to be hard.
Life doesn’t have to be hard, we only make life hard for ourselves by being rigid and not being flexible in our approach.
We complicate things for ourselves because we have an archaic view of how life is supposed to be. Life doesn’t come with a manual, so we all learn as we go on living.
Don’t take life too serious, you can’t get out of it alive.
I am not saying you don’t have to have a good approach or take life seriously. I am of the opinion that life won’t give you what you deserve sometimes but what you demand, but a little bit of fun, a little bit of consideration, a little bit of risk, a little bit of enjoyment doesn’t help.
All these things shape our experiences in life. You have to live for something and whatever you live for should be able to lead you to a desirable end, whereby you can look back at the life and say: “I came, I saw, and I conquered”.
Life is all about that balance, so get the best out of life. Have fun, dare the impossible, set a target, make a “to do list”, scribble down a “bucket list” of the things you want to achieve before passing to the other side. Life is meant to be lived.
Life is about living. There are many people who are alive but not living. They have no purpose, they have no sense of direction, they have no motivation whatsoever. They wake up with no sense of obligation and they watch life pass them by. They are a secondary character in their life’s story. They see no purpose in life and they only exist but not living.
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When there is no efforts then no success, this is a simple formula for happy life. Everyone needs to do struggle if want to achieve the dreams. We can not just sit in front of TV & dreaming, We need to be attentive to achieve what we dream.
Yes, effort is needed and balance is needed in everything about life. Having a life of impact is key.
Balance is the key and to that I can attest. Previously you mentioned that sometimes our own archaic thinking hold us back and that is certainly true. There is a also flip side of this argument. These days we keep hearing about progressive thinking. I am not exactly sure what people try to imply when they say 'progressive thinking' but sometimes I feel that by labeling stuff they make it too complicated.
I mean if we were to meat each other and bump shoulders in a bus, there is a good chance that we both will behave in a good manner and possibly even strike a conversation. I am not sure what to call our behavior except the fact that it came to us naturally and we did the best we could to respect each other. That is perhaps the essence of social spirit of human kind, that we want to be at ease with each other.
"I feel that by labeling stuff they make it too complicated." Yes when we label stuffs, we start being aware of it and it messes us up and sometimes change our view...this builds up some kind of mentality which makes us view things differently just like you pointed out. Like you said, balance is needed and it helps.
Thanks a lot for your view. Always an enjoyable one.
Thanks man!
Our perception of things shifts a little bit once they are labelled and it can sometimes add some undue pressure that we could do without....... finding balance in these small things can lead to a stress free life in some ways.
Absolutely. Seeking the right balance is key. Life is about balance and we need to find that level ground so things won't spiral out of hands and situations won't look as bad as they first feared to be.
Thanks for that again...i always enjoy your comments.
You are right brother, many people take life to serious to get extent that they forget they gonna leave this world one day though I have a tendency to take myself a bit too seriously at times, especially when I get stressed, irritated, or scared. I’ve noticed that sometimes these feelings not only make me less effective in dealing with a difficult situation, they actually cause the difficulty itself, or at the very least exacerbate it. I also find that in these moments of taking myself too seriously, it’s easy for me to become self-important and to think that the weight of the world is on my shoulders (which is often a bit of an overreaction and almost never helpful). As my friend banjo and I like to say in jest to each other from time to time, “Do you have any idea how important I think I am?”
When we take ourselves less seriously, we’re able to see the humor in situations, find the silver lining when things don’t go the way we want them to, and navigate through the ups and downs of life a bit easier. I learned alot through this piece brother, keep the ball rolling.
I am glad you found this useful. I am glad to read your view as well and i totally relate with it. Yes, we are supposed to do what we are meant to do but we need to take a less serious approach sometimes to see things clearly because life isn't as hard as we make it to be.
Thanks a lot brother...always appreciated.
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Well said brother. 👍🏽
Thanks a lot sir @modernpastor. I appreciate this.
From an early age we are burdened with hopes, until we unconsciously do things that are necessary because of desires and others that are very burdensome.
So serious about learning to forget the place of adolescence, playing and hanging out with friends. I became so serious growing up. Life for who and what. I realized that many years later, when suffering from a mental illness called schizophrenia which is a disorder of the brain that causes the sufferer to have difficulty in distinguishing between his own thoughts and thoughts.
In psychology it includes catharsis, clearing the mind that is felt after laughter is a relief and a sense of comfort. Laughter also nourishes the various studies that meneurut. So, do not be too serious, leave time to laugh because once again the seriousness is a disease.
Because life is a drama then play your roles well, not too serious, it's a game. Nevertheless only the game live with your serious role.
@communitycoin Rightly said, "life doesn't have to be hard". It's all about doing smart work instead of hard work.
The main reason why people are alive but not living is that they don't have the sense of responsibility.
Once they feel responsible for their actions, their life will automatically come on track.
This is deep: "life doesn't have to be hard". It's all about doing smart work instead of hard work." I really love that statement. We need to work smart and not hard.
Yes, with a deep sense of responsibility, we can channel our lives back on track and do what is expedient. Thanks a lot for this, i enjoyed it.
tnx for the post
I wish i can say the same for this comment. Welcome to steemit but comments like this are frowned on here. You need to be able to read and contribute, because that is how you grow faster here.
Life is about Living
So many people make their life so complicated. They try to do soay things at once. Meanwhile life is a puzzle, the only way to solve it is to take one step at a time while anticipating the next move.
I remember attending a training organized for graphic designers some months back, one of the speakers said something that caught my attention. He said "in graphic design, the process is more important than the end result".
The same principle applies to life, some people are to concerned about achieving their dreams that they forget to take the process hence they stop living.
Absolutely. I love this. Yes, several weeks ago we talked about "process" and the need not to ignore it because life is about process. You are right, a lot of people stopped living because they can't observe processes and these processes help in giving us a better outcome.
"life is a puzzle, the only way to solve it is to take one step at a time while anticipating the next move." I totally agree with this. Thanks a bunch brother.
We should take life serious but not too serious, because taking everything with a levity hand may jeopardize your objective in lives.
But at the same time, we should not take life too serious to the extent that it affects our social and emotional parts.
I remembered when I was in secondary school, my biology teacher is very strict and got so much principles. If he is teaching, you must not laugh no matter how funny the topic is, because he himself will not even smile. Very rigid, too hard.
At a point in time, this way of living started affecting his social life, he will not great anybody, he only wear one cloth and many more like that.
We should take things easy my brother and sister, though life is not just bread and butter but it is not a military zone too.
Let keep the balance, work when you supposed to work and play when you supposed to play.
Thanks for sharing with us @communitycoin and @olawalium
Hahahaha i love this comment and how you related it to your past teacher. Sure, when we take things too hard, we sniffle the good part of it and if affects other aspects of our lives. Glad you enjoyed this and i enjoyed your comment too. Gracias brother.
Yes, we should take everything simple, because taken life too serious will not only affects us alone, it will also affect people around us. Thanks too
Absolutely brother. Thanks a lot.