Dance Like No One Is Watching

Am dat peste textul asta si mi-a placut, imi pare tare actual, cand multi dintre noi asteapta o anumita intamplare sa le provoace fericirea :)

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another.  Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are.  After that we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with.  We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.  We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.
The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now.  If not now, when?  Your life will always be filled with challenges.  It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.  One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza.
He said, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life.  But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.   Then life would begin.  At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness.   Happiness is the way.  So, treasure every moment that you have.  And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time…and remember that time waits for no one.

So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you’ve had a drink, until you’ve sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy…
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

Thought for the day: “Work like you don’t need money,  Love like you’ve never been hurt,  And dance like no one’s watching.

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| October 25th, 2008 | Posted in Filosofie de buzunar |

One Response to “Dance Like No One Is Watching”

  1. Cosmin Says:

    Cam din aceeasi categorie, niste versuri dragi mie:

    “I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope
    For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love,
    For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith
    But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
    Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought;
    So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.”

    -T.S. Eliot
    The Four Quartets

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