Thanksgiving is a time for learning how to be happy…because we’re not going to get what we want. But when we learn to appreciate what we have, we can be happy.
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Selling your days to the highest bidder
When I can’t lead myself, I seek support.
From leaders, like a boss, a captain, or a mentor in my field. Or I seek support from others, like a partner, or family member. Or it can be the simple support of a schedule, in a job, or the regiment of the military. Maybe it’s the organization in a sports team, or even a political group.
Whichever it is, the support is necessary, even critical.
These supports help us set goals and the procedure to get to them. But choosing the purpose of those goals is up to me. Why are those goals important to me? Which organization will I choose? Should I work for company A or B? Should I be a creator or an administrator?
And so one of the great struggles of the human continues:
Choose what you want as an individual, while wanting to be an accepted member of the group.
In this delicate balance, we choose the place to spend our life..to sell our life. Each day of work is a day of my life I have sold to the highest bidder. Not just for money, of course, but the place where I will get the greatest reward: The reward of knowing what I’m doing is producing something important.
Knowing your importance is critical, because anything else we have in life is only a substitute we may use to get through the days of our lives, but not the reason for living.
You have a kind of sick desperation in your laugh
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“In my experience, meditation makes you 10% happier. That’s an absurdly unscientific estimate, of course. But still, not a bad return on investment. Once you get the hang of it, the practice can create just enough space in your head so that when you get angry, or annoyed, you are less likely to take the bait and act on it.” -Dan Harris, from 10% Happier.
Happiness is not about being led by anger, or annoyances, or anxiety. Quite the opposite. What’s the opposite? Acceptance, peace, chilling the hell out.
And how about if we focus on being helpful, contributing something meaningful to others? Start there. Add in some meditation, because there’s science behind it.
I think we’ll be fine.
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