Counting down to October 30th is time consuming,so I'm going to do something a little different with this post. I've been thinking lately and I took out my senior yearbook from high school which was a little over a year ago. I was looking at the quotes from the senior class,as well as a few of the million messages my friends signed in my yearbook and one in particular stuck out and literally hit me in the face with a brick,actually a couple of them did from two really great guys in my senior class,one who is departed now and I don't know if he would mind if I share his quote or not since I can't physically talk to him.
"No matter where you go, Frys, McDonalds, or simply take a walk, just make sure you always go in your best clothes."- Jose
Now I'll share part of the message one friend wrote in my yearbook.... "Hope that, whatever you do, you're happy." -Brenden S.
Now when you're young, you don't really think about your future too much, at least until its three weeks from your high school graduation or the first day of college or even the few moments after you get married,have your first child, or WHATEVER! I think grownups don't follow the general advice that my one friend has said "Whatever you do, you're happy." It leads to this question in my mind, why aren't we happy everyday unless something great happens to us? When did we get to the point where a piece of technology makes us happier than a childs laughter? When did we start choosing financial gain over personal happiness? When did we start thinking about ourselves more than others?
I'm not sure when, and I'm not going to be cliche and say stop being selfish and start being selfless because I don't know if we know how to do that yet. It made me realize that I've been obsessing and thinking about the future instead of enjoying the moment I'm in now, thinking about how in the world am I going to pay for this when I should just enjoy the look in my dogs eyes when he plays with his food or the joy on my sisters face when she runs to answer the phone or even the sweet look in my parents eyes right before they kiss each other because they love each other so much and have loved each other in the almost 28 years they've been married.
I'm rambling,but I think the real question would be when did we stop enjoying the little things in life? When did we stop being brave and facing our fears wasn't a hard thing to do? I'm not sure what you guys are going to do after you read this,if anybody does, but I'm going to simply be happy and enjoy the little things in life like the flowers blooming on the cactus in the neighbors front yard. The past is the past, the future is the future,but today is a gift. We only get one chance at life,we live everyday and we die once, unless you just happen to be someone who's cheated death once or twice.
I'm not trying to berrate any of you, I'm just saying maybe we should stop stressing and being grumpy,sleepy,sometimes dopey, needy, dependent on someone else and just be happy for a while.
The tv will be there,the news will almost always be boring or depressing, your cellphones not going to blowup if you don't turn it on, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pintrest, Tumblir, Snapchat, and all the other social media sites will still be there when you come back, but the moments you waste staring at a computer or tv or your PHONE won't be there for more than a moment. Enjoy life, eat, sleep, talk to your family, they seem nice right?
Just smell the roses and whatever you do, you're happy.
Thats it.
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