Preconceived societal expectations and ideologies are a staggeringly detrimental contributing factor in the search for happiness and the ability for all of us to expand our horizons and believe that anything is possible. I believe that it’s a natural human instinct to believe that absolutely anything is possible and that we all have the ability to transform our worlds into whatever we choose. It’s through the lessons, and imbedded ideas, rules, and concepts of modern society that slowly creates feelings of doubt towards our ultimate potentials.

From a young age, we are subjected to these preconceived ideologies of how to act, how to think, how to live, and how to be, in order to fit in and conform to society's expectations of the ‘norm’. However, the people who are able to disregard these ideologies to an extent where they create new realities exempt from these boxed rules are the ones who develop the most profound concepts, ideas, artistic creations, formulas, and lifestyles that truly make them happy.

If we can all release our minds from societal expectations and allow ourselves the freedom to truly be and do whatever we believe, or more so, whatever we feel is the right thing for us to do, then we can truly achieve a state of eudaimonia.

Within these preconceived societal expectations that are laid before us, there are carefully constructed spells that confine our concept of what’s possible, what’s real, and what we believe is success. However, all of those things are actually completely within our control, and realistically, a life of happiness is one of complete authentic expression of our own universal energy, the piece of the universe that is uniquely us, the piece of energy that is a signature of our state of transformation.

There are many wonderful facets of our society, but there are various factors that are skewed throughout our everyday life from infancy, through our schooling, and onto the workforce, which form control ideologies of what is, what isn’t, and what’s possible or not. We should all deeply evaluate these factors from as neutral a point of view as possible and always consider what will truly make us happy, regardless of the outcome. The ability to see this is a contributing factor in the search for happiness.

Thanks,

Dean