Dear life, I want to apologize for all the times I have neglected you and I have not appreciated everything you have offered me, now that I have lost my fears, my shyness and my prejudices, I promise to dance with you until dawn, I promise. Love you, listen to you and make you laugh until your stomach hurts, until you run out of breath, because you and I understand each other, we are pure joy.
Saying this at some point in our life cycle can undoubtedly be a “game changer,” or as someone who is a follower of spirituality would say, an “awakening. “Committing ourselves so strongly that it allows us to enjoy all the time we have left to live.
- “The joy of living is always having something to do.
- Someone to love and something to look forward to.
- “Thomas Chalmers?.
Perhaps the goal of living intensely until we run out of breath sounds great on us. However, behind this view, there is something very simple that coincides with the opinion of anthropologists, sociologists and positivist psychologists. Each of the actions we perform corresponds to two very basic impulses: survive and, while we are here, be happy.
Existence, opening one’s eyes every day, setting foot on the street and relating to others are dimensions that constitute a continuous process of “trial and error”. From where we learn to gradually achieve all that we desire: stability, inner peace, well-being and, in essence, happiness. However, to achieve this goal, it is necessary to add an ingredient to this recipe: passion.
Humanist psychology remains one of the most important and useful thought streams in psychology, however, we could not understand it without the teachings of two great personalities: Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow, who have told us for the first time that we are solely responsible for our development, that we have an obligation to work every day for our personal growth and happiness.
Currents of thought such as Freudian psychoanalysis or even conductism define us as passive beings, as people unable to influence our environment, nothing further from reality, because as Rogers has taught us, few things may be more important to the human being than perceiving themselves as functional, someone capable of changing the world around him through four basic elements : a flexible mood, a sense of freedom, self-confidence and openness to experimentation.
In turn, many psychologists follow this same approach, but have added a component that has been called “the passionate goal. ” To achieve this self-realization that the Abraham Maslow pyramid describes, we also need passion to create a positive and meaningful impact in our lives. In this way, we create a firm and loyal commitment to ourselves to face adversity, lose fears and worries, counting every day on the impulse of motivation and the glow of illusions.
Whoever lives life with passion, who decides to live willingly, without fear or unhook, is the one who understands that behind everything he does, there is a “why”, a goal that pleases him, that amuses him and brings him joy.
It is safe to say that today’s consumer society wants to convince us that happiness is a state of momentary and ephemeral, almost always associated with the leisure or possession of certain products: a good car, a phone of a famous brand, some comforts in the home, a particular style of dress also associated with a well-known brand?All this gives us disposable happiness, a false comfort that makes us dependent consumers.
Perhaps it is better to take a different and much more logical perspective: happiness does not have to be momentary or ephemeral, to achieve a life according to what we want and that can bring us permanent well-being, we must work daily in series. of dimensions that will certainly be of great use.
We will think a bit about these dimensions
Similarly, those who know how to be happy avoid procrastination, invest in their own personal growth, and know how to fight for what they want.
In conclusion, living a much more meaningful and positive life requires goodwill, discipline and courage, because sometimes, as we all know, it is necessary to make a series of very important decisions with which we can achieve what we expected.
Can boldness open the door we started to be ourselves through?