Hi Hello!!
How's everyone doing after the summer break? Good? That's great!
So, I kept thinking, what am I gonna blog about, what am I gonna blog about...?
And just now, I saw something amazing I would like to share with you guys. It's an article by Joe Barnes called:
The 3 Things You absolutely Must Do With Your Time On Earth.
According to the article these three things are:
1.) Achieve the Impossible
2.) Free Yourself from Economic Servitude
3.) Find Your Paradise
Even though I don't agree on everything the author says in the article, he still makes many points I think are true.
Find your Paradise. That's the point I consider the most important one. Joe Barnes says that everyone has to find his Paradise, and also, that there is not only one. He splits paradise into two parts: the physical and the internal Paradise.
The physical Paradise is something completely different for every single one of us. While person A says "Paradise is being out on a walk with my dog." person B says "Paradise is having a barbecue with my friends." and person B might say "Paradise is that small island in the Atlantic Sea I once visited." The point is that you have to find your own Paradise. And it does not necessarily have to be one single spot on earth, it can be a hundred places. I already found many Paradises, and maybe even just for a day. When I came back the next day I couldn't find the magic anymore. But there are some places/actions I almost always consider Paradise. One of them is being out with my dog on a beautiful day, be it summer or winter. As I love water, another one is swimming. This can be in the Mediterranean Sea or in the lake close to my hometown and sometimes even in a swimming pool-I prefer natural waters, however. I also found Paradise in getting drunk with my friends on a beautiful day somewhere outdoors.
These are just temporary Paradises, but nevertheless they are Paradises and they help me to find my balance. The important thing is that you don't let moments like those pass unrecognised but experience and appreciate them.
The internal Paradise is harder to find. It's all about the energy and motivation you live your day with. Honestly, I have not succeeded in finding the right energy and keeping it. I have been touched by it, yes, and it was amazing. But then it disappeared again and left me all miserable. Do you know that feeling? The feeling that you're strong and nothing can destroy you and you'll find a way no matter what and you're utterly happy and content? It's amazing, but as I said, I could not yet find a way to keep it when it pays me a visit. I guess the internal Paradise is far harder to find than the physical one because you really have to do something for it. It's not something you once do and it stays with you all your life, you have to work on it. You have to change your attitude. And that's really hard. But it's worth it.
How far have you come with your search for Paradise?
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