filled with prioritizing.
Everyone's priorities are different. There's one priority that should top everyone's list: Being Happy. People tend to forget that one. It gets lost in things such as; money, relationships, or stuff.
Most people feel that in order to achieve the goal of being happy they need money, relationships and stuff. I'm in that category too.
Even though I consciously know that those things don't make me happy, I still strive for those things.
There are so many things we "have" to do that the things we "want" to do get pushed to the back burner.
For example, I find my happiness in writing, but I have three busy children. It makes me happy when they're happy, but making them happy (and keeping them that way) is an exhausting process (and usually cuts into what I need to make myself happy). I spend most of my time frustrated because things didn't go the way I had planned and one (or all) of them are unhappy.
This makes me realize that my happiness CANNOT be dependent on someone else's, even if they're the loves of my life.
The other conundrum is: You cannot make other people happy if you're not happy.
It's true.
Making other people happy might work for a short high, but eventually you're left with yourself.
There are ways to your own happiness, but no one can tell you what they are. Soul searching is the only way.
If your number one priority is your happiness, all of the other priorities in your life will fall into place.
Every cloud has a silver lining, just remember that silver is the best conductor of electricity; results may be shocking!
~Kim
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