"Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it."---William Feather
I have been better at finding happiness in what I have in my present life. In the past, I've overreached and grasped at what I thought would bring me happiness. This isn't to say that I still don't overreach and try a little harder than I should to find happiness, but I'm finding that I can be happy with what I have or even just changing my perspective a little bit.
For example, I had a friend that I once loved very much. This person no longer wanted to be a part of my life. Despite my futile attempts to keep this person in my life, and believing that I needed this person to be happy, this person left my life. I have my regrets about our friendship and I mourned the loss of our friendship. Yet, I realize that my happiness does not lie in this person being a part of my life. Maybe my life could be happier, but I wouldn't know. Rather than speculate, I'm taking stock of the friends that I do have right now and am happy that I even have friends. Maybe my former friend may come back into my life and maybe not (I'm sure my former friend knows how to contact me). For now, I'm finding happiness in the friends that I already have.
How about you?
4 comments:
Perhaps you hurt him too much?
Anonymous, I know I hurt my friend a lot. I've apologized to her/him with all of my heart. I've learned my lesson from the end of our friendship. Maybe my friend's lesson to learn is forgiveness.
If I was him/her I would've forgiven you!
Thank you Anonymous. I know my (former) friend hasn't forgiven me for all the hurt I've caused. I've made my peace with the end of our friendship and I only wish my friend lots of life, love, and happiness. Hopefully, s/he is happy with life.
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