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Let’s try something a little bit different with this one: instead of a concise and connected, “refurbished” article I will focus more on expressing myself from the heart, and just type out what I think and feel:
What I’ve learned in the past years of self-exploration and experiencing of (actual/real) life is that my purpose is very important. What my purpose actually is, is another thing completely… but in asking that question along with follow-up ones, such as “What is important to me?” and “What is my wish for the world and my life?” things started to become ever so slightly clearer. Namely, in my case, it happened when I was doing some self-reflection exercises, where the question was asked:
“If a person you just met on the street asks you “what do you wish for the future?”, what would you say?”
My first reaction was rather typically sarcastic, “oh, another “future” question. Man, I haven’t heard one of those since 5 minutes ago…” But immediately after I was awestruck by the answer that popped into my mind.
My answer was, that I wish that people would laugh more. 😊
Just as simple as that. My friends, doing the same exercises along with me were all listing more thought out answers, like: “I wish to be my best version of myself” or “I wish to create a steady lifestyle” or “everything just as it is, but more self love and appreciation and gratitude”… and I just blurted out: “I just really wanna laugh more, y’know. That’s what seriously matters to me most right now.” 😂
But what do I mean by that, really? I’m not just saying, that I hope everyone would just laugh away all their problems and ailments. My true wish with this is that people would generally stop taking life SO f***ing seriously! Just stop emphasising all the bad news and reports on tv and internet. Stop gossiping about a person you even barely know. Stop complaining about the horrible weather, the worldly health and economic crisis… stop feeling sorry for yourself and telling yourself that you’re the only one dealing with such situations and that you aren’t capable of handling it…
Instead, just make a little joke of it 😃
“Come on sourpuss, you could mop the floor with all those tears you letting out here. When you take a little step back, it’s not actually aaaaaall THAT bad, is it? You’re doing great, it’s a good thing you let out your sorrows instead of bottling them up. Here… let’s go grab that mop and put on a swash-buckling pirate song and swab the port/poop-deck, ey?” 🤗🏴☠️🦜
Relatable? 😜 How about this one:
– “man, it’s way too hot outside and it’s only getting hotter…”
– “…welp, it’s only like about 4.999.998.000 years till the sun runs out of hydrogen and dies out. It’ll happen eventually and we’re already off to a good start!” 😆
My point with all this is that our individual (and collective) core intention should always be that of joy. Joy makes literally everything better. “Go at it (life) with joy“.
Got a promising job interview ahead of you? Try to joyfully explore/observe your potential future workplace and imagine yourself what you will/would enjoy (and perhaps what not too).
Did it start to rain and you didn’t bring an umbrella along? Try to find joy in that the soil and plants will get their lifeline and that farmers will be able to spend an afternoon off for not having to water their crops. (But also eventually try to find some shelter so you don’t get soaked and get a cold 😅 …or, you know, sing the infamous song about singing in the rain and splash as many puddles on your way as you can.) (…and THEN take a warm shower or a blanket over yourself 😁).
Our core intention should always and ever be joy.
Žiga Grušovnik
We’re highly capable beings and we CAN create joy even in the darkest times and most dire situations… It’s what I believe helped the human race persevere for all these thousands of years. And it’s not even bodily/physically bound! It’s merely a “quality”, per se. It’s not earth-life bound, it’s soul/energy-bound. And as we all know, energy doesn’t stem nor does it go “into nothing”. It’s always there. It just changes forms… chose the form of joy and make yourself be more joyful and happy and ultimately fulfilled. 🥰
Moment in time 