I’ve spoken about it before throughout this blog, but sometimes happiness is simply allowing yourself to be in the moment, without any confined idea of what we should or shouldn’t be doing. I don't just mean the cliché of 'living in the moment'. I think, for a large portion of people, the concept of happiness is one that is fraught with this preconceived expectation that in order to create, achieve, or maintain happiness, we need to constantly work towards it and constantly evaluate our situations to meld our environment into something that always leads to achieving it. And to an extent, this is true.

However, it is within the makeup of all the aspects of our lives that we truly develop a foundational base for purpose, fulfillment, and happiness. This includes the day-to-day ideology of life and the constant movement of energy throughout the world. There are so many components that contribute to this makeup, and a large portion of it is often overlooked. These are moments in time that, unless we consciously stop to evaluate, we may not even see.

I think even considering the idea that for the most part, we are absent from consciously absorbing our surroundings and we go through a fluid, autopilot type of feeling when performing various standard, day-to-day activities, is a strange idea. But in reality, if you consider everything you’ve done today, could you really fill the corresponding time with an explanation of your actions? Probably not, because a huge part of the day was a combination of various smaller and somewhat mundane tasks that have contributed to a moment of achievement or completion throughout your day.

It’s okay in the search for happiness to be floating in and out of complete normality. It’s okay to simply lose yourself in time. It’s okay to have moments of nothing because it all contributes to our search for happiness. I very much think that, although profound thoughts, concepts, and ideology around internal dialogue, community engagement, the pursuit of growth, and various other significant aspects are vital in the search for truth in ourselves and truth around our own happiness, because it is all unique to each of us, especially if we are being true to ourselves. However, it is also important to allow yourself the space and approval to float through portions of our lives on autopilot, because that autopilot contributes to the build-up of objectives, achievements, or simply progress to something deeper and more meaningful.

Thanks,

Dean