Express Yourself

7-6-15

 No matter what your passion is you should pursue it with all your heart. We all  know that feeling when we are doing something that we truly love. Whether it be dancing, writing, singing, cooking, or whatever it is that you do. Joy from expression is necessary to live a happy life. If you don't have a way to show your soul then what is the point of possessing one in the first place? We have to release the ideas stored up inside to the world. If not they will slowly die an agonizing death inside you. I feel that this is one big reason for there being so many angry people in this world. Somewhere along the line they lost the ability to truly feel joy. When we have lost our sense of joy we have become inhuman. We have lost our ability to connect with the world around us and instead only want to destroy beauty. This is a state of mind that I hope in never transgress. I pray that I will always have a child-like sense of joy and love for the world around me. I hope that, even during tough times, I will find ways to express my soul in a productive manner. A manner in which adds to the earth in some way. This is how we should live our lives. Full of joy. Every day we should all make a pact to spend some time expressing ourselves in whatever way we have available to us. It could be a silly little dancer in the elevator, in between meetings. Maybe an air drum solo to your favorite Rush song on the way to pick up your kids from soccer practice. If you can cook, it may be in the form of a home cooked meal for the ones your love. Whatever you do that brings you joy practice it daily as if you are training for a marathon. Exercise your happiness until it is a lean mean smile making machine. Love yourself and your surroundings, even if its difficult. I sometimes ask myself if it would be easier to love my life if I was a billionaire? I mean, having an awesome car and a brand new house filled with everything I could possibly want would be nice, but would it make me happier? Not if I wasn't actively pursuing things that brought me pure joy. A tangible idea that can not be bought or sold. It is only created when we let everything else go and allow ourselves to create it.