Life Should Always Feel Good

Over the course of our lives we begin to succumb to the false belief that life does not always feel good. Even worse, that we should except the "fact" that most of the time we will be forced to deal with situations that will be less than pleasing. Learning to accept and deal with the "fact" that life is "hard" or "difficult" is said to make us more realistic people. Just to be frank, I think this concept or idea regarding the "practicality" of life is total crap (oh yeah, I went there).

In my opinion this concept is accepted, because too many people are unaware of how the universe really works. Also there is this common misconception that being positive all the time is living in a dream world. I say, what's wrong with that? When we are young we dream big and we dream hard. The sky is the limit to what we can imagine with our lives. As we become older we let the dreamer in us fall by the side to make way for the realist (or more rightly the pessimist).

These "realistic" people will have you believe that the only reality that matters are the experiences that are happening right in front of our faces. But in the true reality, this couldn't be further from the truth. As we know, our own individual thoughts create our own individual realities. Whatever is our dominant focus becomes our reality. Whether we want to believe this truth or not, doesn't stop the process from happening in this very way. So, if we only spent our time focusing on the things currently happening in our lives we would only ever experience those same things. In order to change our experiences we must first change our thoughts and expectations.

In order for change to occur we need to change our focus. Because it has been ingrained in us, we spend our lives working to please others. Instead of making ourselves happy we work to please our bosses, our parents... our lovers. While we are living the experience of sacrificing ourselves upon the alter of pleasing others, we tend to put what's in our hearts on the back burner. While we are living our lives in service of others, when are we supposed to do anything for ourselves? My answer is now!

Right now, today, we have the power to lead the lives we have always dreamed of. Though we have spent our whole lives being told that we aren't worthy, or we can't do something, or we can't have something... just because, doesn't mean that we have to continue to live these unfulfilled lives. We have the power to work on our unhealthy thought patters and gradually turn them into healthy thought patterns. Those dreams we had as children are still alive and well and even possible, today. All we have to do is learn to expect the best for ourselves and from ourselves, and work to align our thoughts with those desires and expectations. Of course it will take some time, but how much time is up to us. We can live the loves we want, if we so choose.