Have You Ever Felt Stuck In A Rat Race?
You know the drill. Chasing deadlines, juggling responsibilities. Striving to climb the corporate ladder, the next iPhone with better updated features. Maybe you will be happy and satisfied if you finally become a doctor.
Happiness often feels just within the grasp of your hand, but when you are just about to get to your goal, it all fades a bit, like a mirage in the desert.
What if I told you that the problem isn’t that you can’t be happy, but that you are postponing it by chasing a feeling? The truth is that you will never experience happiness constantly.
However, you can exist in a constant state of satisfaction (we call it rest, so welcome to Rest Awhile). How?
By realising that happiness is a gift, you’ll get the most out of it when you take responsibility to:
- ✅ Experience Truth.
- ✅ Love Others.
- ✅ Embrace Discomfort.
- ✅ Honour Your Body.
These 4 will form the episodes of this series, guiding you to happiness. A constant state of satisfaction.
Chasing Happiness Is Like Trying To Catch The Wind
Sadness, frustration, and anxiety. These feelings will find you no matter what.
It doesn’t matter how noble your goals are. The feeling that you are looking for is temporary and unimportant.
Why? Your feelings change all the time. Like the weather.
So, if you are here to chase a feeling, well, you have come to the wrong place.
They sell those everywhere nowadays. You can try the liquor store next to you or TikTok. You can even try a romantic relationship. They sell it in supermarkets and thrift shops too. See that ad that just popped up on your phone? You can try that too.
But no matter how hard you try to fill that empty void in your heart, you will never.
You do deserve happiness and love, not because of all the good you have done, but just because you exist.
But your way of getting what you are hungering and thirsting for has only proved futile. How about we try a new way together?
“What Do You Mean By Taking Responsibility For My Happiness?”
I’m glad you asked.
It is not about ignoring the ups and downs of life but about choosing how to respond to them.
Rather than being tossed around by the winds of circumstances and fleeting feelings, you use that freedom to focus more on what truly matters.
I like the Serenity Prayer. It goes a little bit like this:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Wise Words, Aren’t They?
I like this prayer because it involves putting the power for your life first back into your hands and entrusting the rest to God. It puts you in a position where you are living an intentional life.
It’s time to be responsible for your life.
You cannot control people, circumstances, or even your environment, but “One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things.”
That is what we are offering you. Your freedom back.
Therefore, “I set before you life and death, blessing and curse,” (wisdom and foolishness).
I urge you to choose wisdom so that you may live together with those you love and have a happy, satisfied life.
