Gratefulness

If you think about it. Aren't we all kind of raised in a way that hard work pays off ?

That nothing good comes easy. From childhood most of us are taught the winners mentality. Success, victory and passing exams seems to be the trail to follow. Losing means  insecurity, trauma's and feelings of a failure.

Nothing in any of the school system teaches us about doing good and live a loving an abundant life. We're oftenly pressured from a young age to be a success in society. Aim  for a career, status and lead a life that has been written for us in the most earthly way as possible. But maybe that's the difference of school and the religion or beliefs practiced in life. And even that is questionable. For many of us did not get a choice in the religious department. We (had to) took the religion our parents practiced and had to assume our parents had the best intentions with it. I remember as a kid I felt I had to go to church but did not have a clue what it was about or understood the purpose. I was raised as a catholic and back then there wasn't any Catholicism for dummies guidance for kids my age. I had spent most of my time in church counting the wooden beams of the ceiling and liked the echo when everybody sang.

But lets return to the main topic. There's a global idea of how we should walk the earth  from the cradle to the grave. That's something I've concluded just by looking how most of our school/educational system work and how the ladder of success is planted in front of us. It's just like the battle of good vs evil, right and wrong and so on. Sometimes I think duality has been bred into our system 'cause we are taught to think that way from the moment we develop a conscious and vocabulary. As if taught one question has been drilled into our system: What would society want me to do ? I assume many of you who will read this recognize this. But also found their truth after a rebellious period casting  out confirmation and minimize it to only the necessary action for all practical things in   life aren't for free. But for many sticking to the 'plan' of society means a material life where the feeling of something missing persists.

I feel blessed with my sense of curiosity in the aspects in life. Seeing challenges in all  things I used to not understand about myself and get my hands on it and work with it. Only looking for things that work for me and not accepting truths from other people selling them. I've listened, questioned them and if plausible I integrated it into my way of dealing with certain aspects. 

I think that's how I found or developed my ability to turn negatives into positives. Looking for the lessons to be learned from every experience that crossed my path. Don't ask me what ignited my look on life for I believe it has been a result from tests of time. Bumping my head more than once and the hunt of finding  my way to listen to my heart. I believe we all have to walk our own personal journey in life. If we would all walk the same one the road would be too small and I fear primal instincts would kick in and nobody will be happy... That's what I mean by confirming yourself to the prescription of dr. Society. Not everybody has the spiritual perception on life but they eventually will. If it's not in this life it will be the next. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that people who aren't following some spiritual path will be leading an unhappy life. But I dare to   say one with lesser awareness. But in any case the similarity will always be that we want to feel good in life, meant in the most general way. 

So mainly we will be looking for feeling good in life. And there are so many ways to obtain that feeling. But how is a very important question and one of the challenges we should look for. There is a movie with a title that kind of sums up everything I'm trying to get across in this blog. It's called 'The Pursuit of happyness' (I know the 'y' should be an 'i' ,see the movie ;-)). If you find happiness (after some trial and error perhaps), hold  it, treasure it and remember how you got there. And mostly: be sincerely grateful ! For every lesson learned or gift granted to you is a divine blessing.