Sometimes, I believe the hype that we always have a choice. Whether it's with being happy, being thankful, giving yourself through sex, what foods you put in your body. But is that always the case? Do we always have a choice? It seems that we need to look at the larger picture in these cases. Maybe it's because we are sometimes only looking at individual choices rather than many choices that may lead up to that one that makes a big difference. Could that be where we are missing it? Is the secret to being happy really just about making a single choice to be happy every day? Maybe that is in the case in some situations. But maybe it has to do with more situations that have to do with that. I should make the choice to eat well, sleep enough, read regularly, stay connected with my God, and ALSO make the choice to be happy. Maybe this is how we should always look at these choices. There are also other situations where we could make several choices that lead us into another situation where we find it hard to make one choice over another, which would make it very difficult to really have a specific choice. Is always something to consider.
"Why?" A common question that little kids will ask over and over as they are learning about the world and their curiosity grows. Stand-up comedians with kids joke about this because of how regular the questioning can be, getting a bit annoying, of course. I get that. But isn't this something that we should be asking ourselves more and more as we build-up the busy-ness of the day? "Why?" is a question that many people forget to ask themselves that could shed light on why we do the things we do. Keep asking "Why?" until we get to the core of what we are doing and whether it is contributing to us being the best version of ourselves. What are you doing? Writing a blog post. Why? Because I feel this is a question that people should be asking themselves regularly. Why (do you fee this way)? Because I often get hung up on doing things to just be lazy or procrastinate. Why? Because I often feel overwhelmed about my ever growing "to-do list". Why? Because I have so many ideas of what I want to do in my life and there are many steps to get there. Why (are you interested in achieving those ideas/goals)? Because this is how I want to live my life. I don't want to make the watching of TV my focus on my days but on the music I am making and writing. Why? ....and it keeps going. You get the idea. Catch yourself several times a day and ask, "Why?"