The majority of people seem to simply exist =  to live at an inferior level or under adverse circumstances because we don’t know how to live life to the fullest. There are many experts out there that tell us how to enjoy life and what to do to be healthier and how to take advantage of any given circumstance, but most of us continue in the same rut day after day because it’s familiar to us. When was the last time you dared to dream or to affect a change in your life?

We are so bogged down with just trying to make ends meet and survive that most of us forget to appreciate the beauty and life around us, I’ll stop that right there and just speak for myself because I know there are many people out there that are living life to the fullest and have a good quality of life and understand what giving back and helping their fellow man is all about. I am grateful for the life I was given, but I can honestly say that I haven’t used it well.

Many of us are searching for answers, but not quite sure where to look, we search everywhere, but inside. I have tried meditation, but I simply can’t be still and concentrate or reach the core, but everyone seems to find some sort of truth or develop a philosophy for their life with each passing moment and each experience. I have known people that have nothing (material wise), but seemed very happy and content without a care in the world.

We seem to think if we are successful and rich and have everything we want that we will be happy and content, but that’s not always the case. I’m still seeking happy and content or maybe it’s bliss I’m seeking, because the past 6 years with Bill is the closest to happy and content I’ve ever been in my reality. I do know that I should put my trust in my God and myself instead of relying on man for my happiness because it comes from within. I want to live not just exist.

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Oh yes! I was just running and running like a hamster on a wheel. Then I got laid off in November. Although a pretty upsetting experience (esp. after working there for 10 years!) I now see this as a wonderful reprieve from the hamster wheel and a chance to refresh myself and find something better and more interesitng.

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January 19th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
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No, fortunately, I feel my life has meaning and I enjoy life. Even though hassles come up I can’t really say I feel like I’m just existing. The only time on rare occasions that I feel that way is if I have the flu.

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January 19th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
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I find a great deal of contentment from interacting with people online.

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January 19th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
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I love your post today. Too many people live to exist and not the opposite. It takes effort to live like you want–it’s all about choices and whether or not we make them. People laugh at me for taking joy in little things–the frogs that sing in my pond, the tiny hatchlings of newborn fish, and my kitten. Yeah, they’re simple, but it brings color and life into the mundane. Those who laugh don’t get it. That’s my evil get-even! :)

Look up Mary Oliver’s “Morning at Blackwater Creek” poem–I think she’s with you too. Let me know what you think.

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January 19th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
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What a wonderful post. Yes sometimes I do get to the point of feeling this way. Like you I need to put more trust into God and start letting him take over instead of me having to have that control at all times, that is a very hard thing to learn to do I might add after 53 years of having to have the control at all times, lol! Great post, thank you. And happy Tuesday to you.

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January 20th, 2009 at 7:27 am

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